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3.5.2 motor vehicle licenses
When relocating to Austria you are allowed to drive a vehicle with foreign registration plates for one
month; within this period you must apply for official Austrian vehicle registration papers (Typenschein).
Subsequently, you must take out third-party insurance with one of the many insurance companies
or furnish a proof of already existing insurance coverage. Within the EU there is freedom of choice
regarding motor vehicle insurance companies. The motor vehicle can principally be insured in any
EU member state with an authorised insurance company. The final traffic registration is performed at
the registration department of your selected insurance company.
The websites specified below will provide further details regarding the tests and documents required
for the final registration. Vehicles with an eu operating license do not require a separate permit in
Austria (from 1 st of July 2007).
http://www.help.gv.at/ (driving motor vehicles with foreign registration plates)
http://www.oeamtc.at/ (self-import of motor vehicles by private persons)
http://www.help.gv.at/ (motor vehicle admission to traffic)
3.6 housing
3.6.1 short-term accommodation in hotels and youth hostels
information on hotels and boarding houses:
http://www.tiscover.at
information on youth shelters:
http://www.jungehotels.at/od/home/
http://www.jugendherberge.at
3.6.2 important details regarding housing
In Austria 41 percent of new housing is comprised of detached and semi-detached houses and 54
percent of new flats are in residential buildings divided into several flats. In towns and built-up areas
there are large numbers of rented, housing association and owner-occupied flats in multi-storey
buildings; detached and semi-detached houses predominate in rural areas.
apartment rents vary depending on the region. The rent for an average apartment in 2012 (rent,
repayments/annuities for owner-occupied apartments and operating costs) was least expensive in
Burgenland at 4.42 Euros per square meter and most expensive in Salzburg at 6.56 Euros per
square meter. Rent per square meter depends on various factors such as proximity to transport,
infrastructure, residential area and fittings, fixtures and furnishings.
Smaller apartments are generally more expensive per square meter than larger ones, and in addition
to rent, operating costs (about 25 percent of the net rent), heating, gas and electricity costs must also
be taken into account.
Rents for the majority of principal-tenant housing (Hauptmietwohnung), council housing
(Gemeindewohnung) and association housing (Genossenschaftswohnung) are regulated throughout
Austria by the rent act; as a rule, detached houses are generally not regulated by the Rent Act.
Exception: statutory periods of notice are also valid for detached houses.
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