Information according to § 5 ECG, § 25 Media Act and § 14 UGB

Provider of this website

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety GmbH, AGES for short
1220 Vienna, Spargelfeldstraße 191

Shareholders of AGES

Republic of Austria (owner representatives are the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management)

Management Board

Priv.-Doz. Dr Johannes Pleiner-Duxneuner
Dr Anton Reinl

Tel. +43 5 0555-0
Fax: +43 50 555-22019
E-mail: management@ages.at

The members of the Supervisory Board can be found here.

Registered office Vienna

Bank: BAWAG P.S.K. Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft und Österreichische Postsparkasse Aktiengesellschaft
BIC: BAWAATWW
IBAN: AT58 6000 0000 9600 6506
Bank code: 60000
Account number: PSK 96.006.506
Legal form: Limited liability company
Commercial register court: Vienna Commercial Court, FN 223056z
VAT number: AT U54088605
EORI number: ATEOS1000013260

Object of the company and statement of the basic direction

To ensure the protection of human, animal and plant health, for the effective and efficient evaluation and assessment of food safety and for the epidemiological surveillance and investigation of communicable and non-communicable infectious diseases in humans.

In order to ensure the safety and quality of food, a high level of health protection and protection of consumer interests must be strived for, taking into account the precautionary principle.

The area of responsibility is defined in more detail in the Health and Food Safety Act Federal Law Gazette I No. 63/2002 as amended.

This website is intended to simplify public access to AGES information.

Copyright

The copyright and rights of use of the information provided as well as all other associated property rights are held by AGES. Reproduction of texts and data, including (digital) storage and utilisation on optical and electronic data carriers, is only permitted with the prior written consent of AGES. The use of the texts and data, including feeding them into online services, databases or websites by unauthorised third parties and the alteration or falsification of information is prohibited. However, downloading and printing for personal, non-commercial use is permitted.

Liability

AGES constantly checks and updates the information on its website. Despite all due care, data may have changed in the meantime. No liability or guarantee can therefore be assumed for the topicality, correctness and completeness of the information provided.

Furthermore, AGES reserves the right to make changes or additions to the information provided.

The information provided on the web pages is not legally binding.
The AGES website may contain links to websites of other providers, for which AGES accepts no responsibility or liability.

Editorial office

Risk Communication Department, contact: presse@ages.at

Usability, conception & specification by AGES Corporate Communications

Technical realisation, support and TYPO3 CMS by abaton GmbH and webconsulting GmbH

The translations of the English websites were created using DeepL Translator.