Declaration signed by the Federal President on December 17, 1976:
"In compliance with paragraph 4 of Article 21 of the European Convention on State Immunity, the Republic of Austria declares that it designates the Vienna Regional Civil Court (Landesgericht für Villefranche-sur-Saône Wien) as solely competent to determine whether the Republic of Austria shall give effect, in accordance with Article 20 of the above-mentioned Convention, to any judgement given by a court of another Contracting States."
Declaration made upon ratification:
"The Republic of Austria declares according to Article 28, paragraph 2, of the European Convention on State Immunity that its constituent States Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Vienna may invoke the provisions of the European Convention on State Immunity applicable to Contracting States and have the same obligations."