Reciprocity

With the reciprocal right (also reciprocity right ), members of alpine associations at refuge huts of other alpine associations are granted the same rights and obligations as the members of the association to which the hut belongs.

International reciprocity

As part of the multilateral agreement, reciprocal rights to huts , the larger alpine associations have committed to grant reciprocal rights. A valid annual pass of the respective association, on which the reciprocal rights logo with the words GEGENRECHT-RÉCIPROCITÉ is printed or stuck on, is required.

The international reciprocal right currently applies to 545 huts of the Austrian Alpine Club , German Alpine Club and Alpine Club South Tyrol as well as to a further 1,300 huts in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

According to the international agreement on reciprocal rights to mountain huts :

• the participating associations meet annually for a meeting in which all ordinary questions of reciprocity are dealt with. The meeting usually takes place in the vicinity of the Club Arc Alpin CAA membership meeting at their location.
• the chairperson is supported by the international reciprocal rights secretariat. The international reciprocal rights secretariat is run by the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC office and UIAA office in Bern).
• the counter-rights secretariat is solely authorized to print and issue counter-rights stamps for individual sale.

history

The international reciprocal right was introduced in 1978. The founding associations of the international agreement were the German Alpine Club, the Austrian Alpine Club, the Club Alpin Français , the Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada , the Club Alpino Italiano and the Swiss Alpine Club . Further hut-owning and non-hut-owning associations later joined the agreement.

On January 1, 2012, the Federazione Alpinistica Ticinese joined the international reciprocal rights agreement. The Belgian Alpine Club is no longer independently involved, but its members have been integrated into the Austrian Alpine Club as the Flanders section and thus continue to have reciprocal rights.

Participating clubs

The following associations participate in international reciprocity:

country	Societies)
Belgium	Club Alpin Belge
Denmark	Dansk Bjergklub
Germany	German Alpine Club
France	Club Alpin Français Société des Touristes du Dauphiné
Great Britain	Alpine Club
Italy	Club Alpino Italiano Alpine Association South Tyrol
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein Alpine Club
Luxembourg	Groupe Alpin Luxembourgeois
Netherlands	Nederlandse Klim- en Bergsport Vereniging
Austria	Austrian Alpine Club
Switzerland	Swiss Alpine Club Federazione Alpinistica Ticinese Association of Academic Alpine Clubs in Switzerland : Academic Alpine Club Basel Academic Alpine Club Bern Club Alpin Académique Genève Academic Alpine Club Zurich
Slovenia	Slovenian Alpine Club
Spain	Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada

Members of associations of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) who have not signed up to the reciprocal rights agreement can acquire an individual trademark from the international reciprocal rights secretariat and thus enjoy the same reciprocal right.

Austrian reciprocity

In Austria, regardless of international reciprocal law, a national reciprocal law applies in the form that has been valid since January 1, 2004. A valid annual pass of the respective association on which the reciprocal rights logo with the words Österreichische Hüttenmarke is imprinted or stuck on is required.

The Austrian reciprocal right applies to 300 huts of clubs that do not participate in the international reciprocal right.

history

The Austrian reciprocal right came into force on January 1, 1982 with the agreement on the reciprocal right to protective huts of Austrian Alpine associations . After initially a separate hut brand had to be acquired, since 2000 only a membership card of one of the participating clubs has been required.

Participating clubs

The following associations participate in Austrian reciprocity:

• Austrian Alpine Club
• German Alpine Club
• Austrian Alpine Club
• Alpine Society Preintaler
• Friends of nature Austria
• Austrian Tourist Club
• Austrian mountaineering association
• Alpine Society Haller
• Alpine Society Krummholz
• Academic Alpine Club Innsbruck

Further reciprocal rights agreements

• The Alpine Association of South Tyrol and the Austrian Alpine Club also maintain a bilateral reciprocal legal agreement.

Web links

• Counter right on the website of the German Alpine Club
• Mutual right to refuges on the website of the Austrian Alpine Club
• Right of reciprocity on the website of the Liechtenstein Alpine Club

Individual evidence

1. ^ UIAA: International agreement on reciprocal rights to mountain huts
2. ↑ https://www.alpenverein.de/huetten-wege-touren/gegenrecht_aid_11027.html
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ https://vavoe.at/service/schutzhutten/huttengegenrecht_/
5. ↑ http://www.alpenverein.it/de/berg-wanderfreunde/avs-h%C3%BCtten/vorteile-f%C3%BCr-avs-träger-97.html