Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 11. Jahrgang Heft 2/2021, pp. 391-398, 2021/12/16
Die Kompetenzverteilung zwischen Bund und Ländern in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Ein Beitrag zur Rechtsgeschichte des österreichischen Föderalismus. Zugleich ein Beitrag zum 100. Geburtstag
des Bundes‐Verfassungsgesetzes
The fragmentation of the Austrian distribution of competences between the federal government and the Länder does not offer favourable framework conditions for the adoption of Union law in the state legal system. The requirement of a uniform application of Union law exerts a certain centralising pressure on the legal orders of the Member States. As a result, several modifications of the distribution of competences in favour of the federal government have taken place since Austria joined the EU. If this development continues, it could lead to a gradual change in the nature of the distribution of competences between the federal government and the Länder in Austria.
Keywords: centralising pressure – double obligation of the legislator – federal state blindness
