Arbitration board
In accordance with NormG 2016, Austrian Standards International is obligated to set up an arbitration board, which can be convened upon request. It is the responsibility of the arbitration board to review decisions made by Austrian Standards International in the following circumstances:
- Rejection or acceptance of an application for standardisation
- Rejection or acceptance of a participant
- Rejection of consideration of a statement
- Divestiture of a participant or committee chair
- Establishment or dissolution of a committee at the request of interested parties
- Balance of the make-up of a committee
The members of the arbitration board perform their duties impartially. The members (2024 – 2026 term of office) are:
Dr Annemarie Mille
Dr Alexander Mickel
Dr Adriane Kaufmann
Stefan Liebert
Hagen Pleile
Christoph Tanzer
Dr Theodor Taurer, LL.M. MBA
The duties and objectives of the arbitration board are governed in the following documents:
- Federal law governing standardisation (Austrian Standards Act 2016 - NormG 2016) - Articles 12 and 13
- Standing Order 2022 Development of ÖNORM Standards and Participation in European and International Standardisation - Item 13 (PDF – 1.5mb)
- Rules of Procedure for the Arbitration Board (PDF – 0.8mb)
The rules of procedure have been approved by the supervisory body.
Important information for your application to the arbitration board
- All applications must be made using the online form provided on this page.
- Please complete the online form in full – all fields marked with a * are mandatory.
- In cases relating to Items 1.1 (1-5) of the rules of procedure, the application must be made within three months of the disputed decision coming to light.
- State that you are submitting the application in time (see Item 2.2 of the rules of procedure: Introduction of the procedure).
- In your application (DOCX - 0.8mb), state your demand, including the reasons why you believe that your interests in matters are being impaired in accordance with Item 1.1 (1-6), and provide the necessary evidence.
- Upload the completed request via the online form.
- Please note that there is a submission fee of EUR 100 (excluding VAT) for every application made to the arbitration board. The submission fee cannot be reimbursed.
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Application to the arbitration board
The data provided in the online form is processed by the arbitration board.
