The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Civil Proceedings in Austria1

Nunner-Krautgasser Bettina; Königshofer Stefan

doi:10.2478/wrlae-2022-0025

Wroclaw Review of Law, Administration and Economics (Sep 2024)

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Civil Proceedings in Austria1

Nunner-Krautgasser Bettina,
Königshofer Stefan

Affiliations

Nunner-Krautgasser Bettina: Full Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law, University of Graz, Austria.
Königshofer Stefan: Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the Department of Civil Procedure and Insolvency Law, University of Graz, Austria.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wrlae-2022-0025
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 2
pp. 53 – 71

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The COVID-19 pandemic has not only posed immense challenges to public health but has also necessitated a significant shift in legal frameworks to address the dynamic circumstances it has created. This article provides an overview of the measures taken in Austrian civil procedure law to cushion the impact of the pandemic. It covers changes that have reshaped the structure of civil procedural law in the long term, as well as specific „COVID provisions” that are still relevant today in some cases. Among other things, it discusses amendments to the Insolvency Code and the Execution Code, amendments to the General Social Insurance Act and the Federal Tax Code, and the 1st and 2nd COVID-19 Justice Accompanying Acts.

Published in Wroclaw Review of Law, Administration and Economics

ISSN: 2084-1264 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Law: Law of Europe
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/WRLAE

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