Permanent representation of Austria to the European Union

Permanent representation of Austria at the European Union, Brussels, Austrian authority
State level	Federation
Position of the authority	Mission abroad (subordinate agency )
At sight	Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (personal details: Federal Chancellery )
founding	1995
Headquarters	Brussels , Avenue de Cortenbergh 30 ⊙ Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 36.3 ″  N , 4 ° 23 ′ 1.2 ″  E
Authority management	Nikolaus Marschik
Servants	141
Website	www.bmeia.gv.at

The Permanent Representation of Austria to the European Union is the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Austria to the European Union based in Brussels .

Duties of the permanent representation

The Permanent Mission has the function of an embassy, ​​which it does not exercise towards a sovereign state , but towards an international organization - in this case the European Union. Its task is to convey information between Austria and the European Union and to participate in European politics in the interests of Austria. To this end, the representation maintains close relationships with the EU Commission , the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers . It is Austria's largest diplomatic mission worldwide.

Legations and offices of the Permanent Mission

The permanent representation is subordinate to departments that are assigned to the following organizational units:

• Political and Security Committee / Political Department
• Antici group
• European Parliament
• Military Committee of the European Union
• Connection to the European Parliament

In addition, there are offices for handling internal processes. These are structured as follows:

• Legal Department
• Visiting and information service
• Press and communications department
• administration

There is also a cross-resort exchange with the following ministries, which have their own offices at the representation:

• Federal Chancellery
• Federal Ministry of Finance
• Federal Ministry of Health
• federal Ministry of Internal Affairs
• Federal Ministry of Justice
• Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
• Federal Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection
• Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
• Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
• Federal Ministry for Economy, Family and Youth
• Federal Ministry for Science and Research

The federal levels of Austria are also represented in the permanent representation:

• Country Affairs Department
• Austrian Association of Cities
• Austrian Association of Municipalities

In addition, there is a representation of the interests of Austrian financial policy with:

• Austrian National Bank

The social partners are also represented in the permanent representation:

• Austrian Chamber of Commerce
• Chamber for workers and employees
• Conference of the Austrian Chambers of Agriculture
• Austrian Federation of Trade Unions

In addition, the interests of Austrian industry are guaranteed by the lobby association IV with its own liaison office in the permanent representation .

public relation

One of the important tasks of the permanent representation is to give the citizens an insight into the work of the representation as well as the European institutions.

• In 2012, 144 groups of visitors (with a total of 4274 visitors) visited the permanent representation of Austria.

Events related to Austria are also coordinated by the permanent representation.

• In 2012 there were 450 events with around 16,300 participants.

Permanent representatives

The permanent representative with the rank of ambassador is a diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and represents the republic in the Committee of Permanent Representatives II. The current permanent representative has been Walter Grahammer since January 11, 2011 , his deputy is Thomas Oberreiter, who represents Austria in the Committee of Permanent Representatives I. .

Previous permanent representatives

• Ambassador Wolfgang Wolte (1987–1993), (Ambassador to the European Communities in Brussels)
• Ambassador Manfred Scheich , (1993 to 1999)
• Ambassador Gregor Woschnagg , (September 1999 to March 2007)
• Ambassador Hans Dietmar Schweisgut , (April 2007 to January 2011)
• Ambassador Walter Grahammer , (January 2011 to 2017)
• Ambassador Nikolaus Marschik , since 2017

See also

• Representations of the member states in the European Union

Web links

• Permanent Mission website

Individual evidence

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