Content
2.3.1.2.1
Witnesses’ entitlement to refund of their expenditures (VA BD/201-V/02) .............. 17
2.3.1.2.2
Unequal treatment of foreigners within the framework of the Victims of Crime Act
[Verbrechensopfergesetz] (VA BD/194-SV/03) ...................................................... 18
2.3.2
B. Enforcement .................................................................................................. 19
2.3.2.1
Freedom of property (Art. 5 of the StGG/Principle of due course of law) ................ 19
2.3.2.1.1
Trade-authority approval of an experimental operation (VA BD/45-WA/03) ............ 19
2.4
Freedom of trade (Art. 6 of the StGG Act) ..................................................... 20
2.4.1
Re-issuance of taxi-driver ID cards (VA BD/250-V/96, BD/342-V/02) ...................... 20
2.5
2.5.1
Data protection (Art. 1 of the 2000 Data Protection Act
[Datenschutzgesetz]) ..................................................................................... 20
Providing personal registration data to local daily newspapers (VA BD/6-BKA/03) .. 20
2.5.2
Security precedes data protection (VA BD/73-I/01) ............................................... 21
2.5.3
Identification department actions
(fundamental right to respect for private life, Art. 8 of the EHRC) .......................... 21
2.6
Right to fair court proceedings (Art. 6 of the MRK) ...................................... 22
2.6.1
Asserting neighbour’s rights in court in cases of production facilities
authorised in a simplified way (Art. 359b of the Trade Ordinance) ......................... 22
2.7
Right to respect for private lives (Art. 8 of the EHRC) ................................. 23
2.7.1
Protecting family life in cases of anonymous adoptions (VA BD/1216-SV/03) .......... 23
2.7.2
Right to retain a surname (VA BD/1-AA/03) ......................................................... 23
2.7.3
Special characters in orthography of names (VA BD/244-V/03) .............................. 24
2.7.4
Covert installation of a location transmitter in an automobile (VA BD/95-I/02) ........ 24
2.8
Fundamental European Union rights ............................................................. 25
2.8.1
Art. 18, 38 and 43 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union .... 25
2.8.1.1
Non-accreditation of child-upbringing times in an EU member state
(VA BD/413-SV/03) ............................................................................................. 25
2.8.1.2
Retroactive contributions paid for accreditation of school times
spent in another EU member state (VA BD/341-SV/03) ......................................... 26
2.8.2
Art. 39 and Crime Victims (EEA) 1612/68 (Freedom of Movement Ordinance) ........ 27
2.8.2.1
Support in accordance with the Victims of Crime Act ............................................. 27
2.8.2.2
Legislative delay in implementing the racism and gainful employment directives
(VA K/140-LAD/03) ............................................................................................. 28
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