Architects (EU/EEA Countries/Switzerland) - Establishment

• Request: The competent Chamber of Civil Engineers ( → zt ) ^{German text} where the requesting party's office and/or branch office is to be located
• Decision: Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism ( → BMWET) ^{German text}

• Request:
  • 70 Euro federal fee
  • attachment: 6 Euro per sheet
• Official decision:
  • 124 Euro federal fee
  • 98 federal administrative levy

Fees or taxes become due once the procedure is settled. For this purpose a payment form will be mailed to the party concerned.

No special deadlines need to be observed.

Branch office architects ( → zt ) ^{German text}

EU / EEA nationals and Swiss nationals and their family members who are licensed to practice the profession of free-lance architects in their home countries may, under certain conditions, become established in Austria to practice their profession on Austrian territory.

Sections 10 , 32 paragraph 2 of the Ziviltechnikergesetz (ZTG)

The request may be submitted personally, in writing or by e -mail to the competent authority.

• Proof of nationality
• Certificate of qualification of the home member state which entitles the party concerned to take up work as a free-lance architect
• Certificate, that the education corresponds with Annex V, 5.7.1 of Directive 2005/36/ EG on the recognition of professional qualifications
• Certificates of the competent authority of the home member state (no more than three months old) stating that the requesting party
  • is reliable
  • has not been declared bankrupt
  • complies with the code of conduct of his/her profession

• The requesting party must have been licensed to work as an architect in his/her home country.
• No reasons for disqualification.