Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology

The since 2000 as the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology ( BMVIT short or Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport Ministry ) designated Austrian administration federal institution is mainly for Transport Policy, Applied Research and Technology Development.

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Federal Minister

In the presently reigning government Faymann is Doris Bures ( SPÖ) Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology.

Transport Minister of the Second Republic

Secretaries of State of the Second Republic

From 1896 to 1918 the railway agendas previously represented at the Imperial Council kingdoms and countries ( Austrian half of the empire ), Austria -Hungary at the Imperial were Perceived Department of Commerce, the k.k. Ministry of Railways care.

Competencies

The BMVIT is responsible for:

• Affairs of the Austrian Federal Railways
• ( Provided they are not matters of economic and technical research in the area of ​​influence of the Federal Ministry for Science and Research and the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
• Matters of intellectual property, in particular patent and utility model system, including matters of patent attorneys and their professional representation and protection of designs, trade marks and other marks ( competent subordinate agency: Austrian Patent Office, Director: Friedrich Rödler )
• Highways, roads
• Railways, shipping and aviation: in particular the railway infrastructure (also: cable cars, chairlifts and drag lifts ), waterways, air traffic control, meteorological services
• Commercial passenger and freight transport
• Automotive Engineering (also license), traffic police; accident Research
• Regulation of the postal and telecommunications sector
• Priorities in national research programs by a Council for Research and Technology Development )
• Transport policy

Organization

The BMVIT is organized as follows:

• Federal Minister cabinet
• Secretary General
• Section I: Executive Committee and International Affairs
• Section II: infrastructure planning and financing
• Section III: Innovation & Telecommunications Telekom group - Post
• Innovation

• Group Rail
• Group road
• Group air
• Sections W1, W2, W3

Business

Assuming bmvit are the following public companies or controlling interests (2012 /13):

• Austria Economic Service GmbH (AWS ) - Development Bank of the SME sector in Austria (50%, 50 % BMWFJ ) [B 1]
• Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT ) - research institution, including Former Research Centre Seibersdorf (50.5 %, Society for the Promotion of Research and Innovation / Industrialists Austria 49.5 %) [B 2]
• Motorways and expressways - financing company ( ASFINAG ) - repair, operation and maintenance of federal roads and highways (100 %) [B 3]
• Federal Agency for Technological Measures ( AustriaTech ) - Agency for Innovation in Transport ( 100%) [B 4]
• Graz- Köflacher train and bus service GmbH ( GKB ) - traffic operation (100 %) [B 5]
• Carinthian siting and operating mbH ( BABEG ) - Part of the Development Agency of Carinthia (50%, 47.5% state of Carinthia, the Carinthian Economic Promotion Fund 2.5%)
• Lokalbahn Lambach - Vorchdorf - Eggenberg AG - transport operation ( 72.5 %, Upper Transport Holding 11%, etc.) [B 6]
• Neusiedler Seebahn GmbH ( NSB) - Transport Company ( 49.8 %, Burgenland 50.2 %) [B 7]
• Lower Austrian borderland Promotion Agency ( NEG ) - Investment Financing Agency (50%, Lower Austria 50%) [B 8]
• Austrian Federal Railways Holding AG ( ÖBB) - Transport Group (100 %) [B 9]
• Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG ) - (50%, 50 % BMWFJ ) [B 10]
• Austrian Society for Civil Aviation, Ltd. ( Austro Control ) - Aviation Agency and air traffic control (100 %) [B 11]
• Austrian waterways (via the Danube ) - Marine agency (100 %) [B 12]
• Raaberbahn AG - Transport Company (Republic of Hungary 65.7 %, 28.2% Republic of Austria, STRABAG: 6.1%) [B 13]
• Rail Control GmbH - Agency for rail transport (100 %) [B 14]
• Rail infrastructure services mbH ( SCHIG ) - concerned various rail infrastructure tasks ( 100%) [B 15]

In addition, the Ministry of small amounts of the Zillertal transport company AG holds (4.9%, various Tyrolean municipalities: 60.8 %, remaining free float )

Historical development