Looking for words in the text

Enter here words to be looked for in the full text of the documents. You can combine a number of terms using the four text fields.

  • Find: Fill in this field for any text search.
  • or: search for all documents containing at least one of the terms in the first three fields.
  • with: search for all documents containing at least one of the terms in the first three fields and the terms in the fourth field.

Practical tips

  • The search terms must be entered in French, with or without accents.
  • Do not enter nouns and adjectives in the plural, or use conjugated forms of verbs; the targeted search engine will find a word in all its various forms.
  • There is no point in entering articles, prepositions, etc.
  • You can use right and left truncation using +. For example, ‘+amt’ can be used to search for ‘samt’ and ‘Amt’, and ‘fremd+’ can be used to search for ‘Fremdsprache’, ‘Fremdversorgung’ and so on.
Looking for words in the title

Enter here words to be looked for in the titles of the documents.

Only documents with titles containing the exact word or expression entered will be displayed. All the terms entered in this field will be found if they are separated from each other by not more than nine words.


Practical tips

  • The search terms must be entered in German.
  • Do not enter nouns or adjectives in the plural, and keep them in the nominative form. Do not use conjugated forms of verbs. The targeted search engine will find a word in all its various forms.
  • There is no point in entering articles, prepositions, etc.
  • You can use right and left truncation using +. For example, ‘+amt’ can be used to search for ‘samt’ and ‘Amt’, and ‘fremd+’ can be used to search for ‘Fremdsprache’, ‘Fremdversorgung’ and so on.
Document type

Enter here the type of document wanted.

Examples of values available for Austrian legislation (non-exhaustive list)


AbbreviationMeaning
BVGRechtsvorschrift im Verfassungsrang
BGRechtsvorschrift auf Gesetzesstufe (Bundesgesetz)
(Einzelne §§ eines Bundesgesetzes im Verfassungsrang behalten BG als Typ, werden aber in der Kategorie "Beachte" durch "Verfassungsbestimmung" gekennzeichnet.)
VVerordnung
KKundmachung
K (Geltungsbereich)Kundmachung über den Geltungsbereich eines multilateralen Staatsvertrages
Entschl. d. BPräs.Entschließung des Bundespräsidenten
Vereinbarung gem. Art. 15a B-VGVereinbarung zwischen dem Bund und den Bundesländern (gem. Art. 15a B-VG)
Geschäftsordnung, Geschäftseinteilung etc.Geschäftsordnung, Geschäftseinteilung etc.
Vertrag – mit Angabe des StaatesVertrag mit anderen Staaten (bilateraler Vertrag)
Vertrag - mit Angabe einer internationalen OrganisationVertrag mit einer internationalen Organisation (bilateraler Vertrag)
Vertrag - MultilateralVertrag zwischen mehreren Staaten (multilateraler Vertrag)
Document date

This is the date on which the document was signed, not its date of publication. To search the RIS site, you are obliged to enter a complete date.

NB: We advise against using this field when searching for Austrian legislation (RIS), as it seems to be too restrictive and is liable to produce zero responses from the site.

Section in the act

Restricts the search to all documents containing the numbering concerned. You receive the full text of the document and have to search manually for the section you want.


Examples:

  • 8
  • 8a
Name of official journal

Use this field to distinguish between the various publication sources by name.

You can add the collection (I = laws, II = regulations, III = international treaties) or put this information into the document number.

NB: The collection can be in the ‘Name’ field or the ‘Number’ field, but not in both at once.


Examples:

  • BGBl. I
  • Zl. II
  • dRGBl. I S (or simply ‘S’)
Number of official journal

Use this field to enter an Official Journal number. This number must contain the year preceded by the issue number and, where appropriate, the collection (I = laws, II = regulations, III = international treaties).

NB: The collection can be in the ‘Name’ field or the ‘Number’ field, but not in both at once.


Examples:

  • 5/1990
  • 30a/1991
  • I 30/2000
  • II 5/2000
  • III 5/2000
Validity date

This means that you are looking for documents that are in force on the date entered.

You are obliged to enter a complete date. By default the date is set as the day the search is carried out, i.e. you are looking only for documents still in force.