The Legal Framework

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Standardisation in Austria is under federal supervision according to Art.10/1/5 of the federal constitutional law.

The legal framework for the work of Austrian Standards Institute, which was founded as "Österreichischer Normenausschuss für Industrie und Gewerbe Ö.N.I.G." (Austrian standards committee for industry and commerce) in 1920, is the Standardisation Law of 1971 (replacing the version of 1954).

This law stipulates that an association can be authorised to call its developed standards "ÖNORMEN" ("Austrian Standards"). 

Independent of this legal basis the following applies:
- Standardisation is voluntary.
- Standards are qualified recommendations.

The Standardisation Law online in the legal information system of the Federal Chancellery (German only)