Fundamental Rights Section From today’s point of view, this report is to be supplemented as follows: With an ordinance of the federal government dated June 30, 2006, Federal Law Gazette II no. 245/2006 (Topography Ordinance Carinthia), the place names for Bleiburg and Ebersdorf were defined in both German and Slovenian language. With an ordinance draft dated June 30, 2006 [VK6-STV-1091/2005 (036/2006)], the Managing District Commissioner of Völkermarkt, Dr. Christine Hammerschlag, also ordered the setting up of bilingual place-name signs in the draft of a traffic police ordinance and submitted this for approval. The minister for transport (Verkehrslandesrat) of Carinthia ordered ITEK Kaltenhauser OEG in Klagenfurt to manufacture at the same time three large town signs of 'Bleiburg/Pliberk' and one large and one small town sign of 'Ebersdorf/Drveša vas'. The minister for transport was present at parts of the manufacturing process. However, approval was also withheld for this ordinance draft, after failure of the 'constitutional solution' and with respect to Bleiburg and Ebersdorf, again, no bilingual description of these topographical titles was ordered in the new ordinance by the Völkermarkt Regional Administrative Authority. On the contrary, the place-name description in Slovenian language was only expressed subordinately as a separate road traffic sign, in the form of an 'supplemental sign' within the meaning of Sect. 54 para. 1 StVO (Straßenverkehrsordnung Road Traffic Regulations). As supplemental signs are not permitted to be used according to Article 54 para. 4 StVO, 'if their meaning can be expressed through another road traffic sign', this approach also appears to be illegal. Therefore, in August 2006, the majority of the Ombudsman Board (against: Ombudsman Mag. Stadler) again felt compelled to submit a new application to the VfGH for rescission of the illegal wording of the new ordinance of the Völkermarkt Regional Administrative Authority. The fact that it mattered a great deal to the responsible member of the Carinthian state government that this, from his point of view, 'creative solution of the place-name sign debate' was actually pursued, is documented by photographs on the homepage of the state government (http://www.ktn.gv.at/-?siid=33&arid=4556), which show the State Governor, Dr. Jörg Haider and Traffic Officer, Gerhard Dörfler on November 22, 2006, at the installation of monolingual place-name signs in the locality of Schwabegg/Žvabek. The bilingual place-name signs ordered by the Völkermarkt Regional Administrative Authority at the be- 28