The ÖGER was founded in 1988 as a scientific association. It accompanies and comments on the development of EU law from an Austrian perspective. It is a member of the F.I.D.E. (La Fédération Internationale Pour le Droit Européen) and is represented at the University of Vienna as well as at the Danube University Krems.
For the current functional period the board of the ÖGER consists of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Jaeger, LL.M. (President), Univ.-Prof. DDr. Thomas Ratka (Vice President), Dr. Moriz Kopetzki (Secretary General) and Sen. Sc. Dr. Suzan Topal-Gökceli (Treasurer).
Please fill in the membership form (PDF) and send it to oeger.europarecht(at)univie.ac.at.
We welcome interested parties from academia, practice and students.
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ÖGER bank account: Bank Austria, IBAN: AT68 1200 0004 5857 4209, BIC:BKAUATWW
ÖGER members have many advantages, e.g.:
Here you will find the organizational structure and the statutes of ÖGER.
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