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Was ist der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) und welche Bedeutung hat er für Österreich?
- Ein Gericht nur für Menschenrechtsfragen
- Ein Beratungsorgan der Europäischen Kommission
- Ein Schiedsgericht für Handelsstreitigkeiten
- Das höchste Gericht der EU, das EU-Recht verbindlich auslegt und dessen Urteile auch für Österreich bindend sind
Why this is the correct answer
The European Court of Justice, based in Luxembourg, is the supreme judicial authority on EU law and has jurisdiction to rule on disputes between member states, between the EU institutions, and on questions of EU law referred by national courts. Its rulings are directly binding on all member states, including Austria, and national courts are obliged to set aside domestic law that conflicts with EU law as interpreted by the Court. This supremacy of EU law, enforced through the Court, is one of the defining features that distinguishes the EU from an ordinary international organization.