The Federal Communications Board (BKS)

The Federal Communications Senate established within the Austrian Federal Chancellery is responsible for handling appeals against KommAustria decisions. Further appeals against BKS decisions can be filed in the form of complaints to the Austrian Constitutional Court (VfGH) and the Austrian Administrative Court (VwGH).

The five members of the Federal Communications Senate, three of whom have to be appointed judges in Austria, are independent and not bound by instructions from any other authority in the performance of their official duties (cf. §37 par. 1 KommAustria Act; a "panel authority with the powers of a court”). After nomination by the federal government, the members of the BKS are appointed by Austria's Federal President for a term of six years.

BKS address:

Federal Communications Senate (BKS)
Ballhausplatz 2
A-1014 Vienna
E-mail: bks@bka.gv.at  

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