!!!Preisregelung

Price Control, state interference with prices of goods and services by 
supervising pricing patterns, mainly in the form of maximum, minimum 
and recommended prices. In Austria, price control is generally only 
allowed in exceptional cases. According to the Price Law of 1992, the 
Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs may determine "economically 
necessary prices" if there is imminent danger of a disturbance in 
supply or if a disturbance has already occurred. Moreover, the 
Minister of Economic Affairs has to check, upon application, whether a 
price corresponds to the international price development or if a rise 
in prices corresponds to the price index. During these procedures a 
price commission is established as an advisory board, consisting of 
representatives of the federal ministries and one representative of 
the Economic Chamber, the Conference of the Presidents of the Chambers 
of Agriculture and the Federal Chamber of Labour. Price control 
regularly applies to dairy farming, corn production and animal 
husbandry and is considerably influenced by the directives of the  
European Union.


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