{"id":8428,"date":"2016-03-18T16:52:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/?page_id=8428"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:10:50","slug":"copyright-and-disclaimer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/copyright-and-disclaimer\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><h2>Legal Notice and Disclaimer<\/h2><p>Disclosure pursuant to Article 25 of the Media Act (<abbr title=\"Mediengesetz\">MedienG<\/abbr> , Mediengesetz)<\/p><h3>Publisher and editor<\/h3><p>Financial Market Authority (<abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> )<br>\nOtto-Wagner-Platz 5<br>\n1090 Wien<br>\nPhone: +43 1 249 59 0<br>\nFax: +43 1 249 59 5499<\/p><p>The <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr>  is an independent, autonomous and integrated supervisory authority for the Austrian financial market, established as an institution under public law. It is responsible for the supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings, pension funds, staff provision funds, investment funds, investment service providers, companies listed on the stock exchange as well as stock exchanges themselves.<\/p><h3>Board Members<\/h3><p>Helmut ETTL<\/p><p>Mariana K&Uuml;HNEL<\/p><h3>Members of the Supervisory Board<\/h3><p><strong>Chairman<\/strong><br>\nHarald WAIGLEIN<\/p><p><strong>Vice-Chairman<\/strong><br>\nMartin KOCHER<\/p><p><strong>Members<\/strong><\/p><p>Thomas STEINER<br>\nJosef MEICHENITSCH<br>\nEdeltraud STIFTINGER<br>\nElisabeth GRUBER<br>\n<span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Nadine WIEDERMANN-ONDREJ<br>\n<\/span>Manuel ZAHRER<\/p><p><strong>Co-opted Members<\/strong><\/p><p>Louis NORMAN-AUDENHOVE<br>\nEva LANDRICHTINGER<\/p><h3>Purpose of the FMA&rsquo;s website<\/h3><p>The <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &rsquo;s website serves as a medium to inform the public about the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &rsquo;s tasks and activities as well as an information platform on issues related to the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &lsquo;s business.<\/p><h3>Disclaimer, Conditions of Use and Copyright Information<\/h3><p>The Financial Market Authority cannot guarantee the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of the information provided on this website wherever these attributes depend on the specific technical features of the Internet. Furthermore, the FMA does not warrant that access to this website and its content will be available or uninterrupted or that legal texts reflect the latest changes at all times. Official versions of laws and regulations are available in the respective media (Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt) and the government&rsquo;s electronic announcements and information platform &ndash; Elektronische Verlautbarungs- und Informationsplattform (<abbr title=\"Elektronische Verlautbarungs- und Informationsplattform\">EVI<\/abbr> )).<\/p><p>To the extent that liability may be excluded under law, the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr>  accepts no liability for any direct, indirect or other damage, irrespective of its cause, resulting from the use or non-availability of material presented on its website.<\/p><p>In addition to its proprietary content, the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr>  also offers external links to content of other Internet sources. The <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr>  shall not accept liability for any of these Internet sources and the information presented there; responsibility for the content of the external links is borne exclusively by the respective content provider.<\/p><p>The FMA grants permission to distribute and reproduce material on which the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr>  holds copyright and which has been downloaded or copied from its website, and to create links to this website, provided the source is acknowledged at all times. Moreover, any person who gains direct or indirect access to material from the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &rsquo;s website must be explicitly informed about the conditions of use.<\/p><p>The commercial use of material presented on the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &lsquo;s website requires the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &lsquo;s express permission.<\/p><p>Any material from the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &lsquo;s website which the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr>  deems to have been used unlawfully or improperly must be deleted or destroyed upon the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &lsquo;s request.<\/p><p>Changing or manipulating any information on the <abbr title=\"Financial Market Authority\">FMA<\/abbr> &lsquo;s website is strictly prohibited.<\/p><h3>Gender-neutral language<\/h3><p>In order to make the text easier to read, gender-specific differentiation has been avoided. In the interests of equality, the terms used apply to all sexes.<\/p><p>Please direct any queries to the contacts available via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/contact\/\">Contact Forms<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Notice and DisclaimerDisclosure pursuant to Article 25 of the Media Act (, Mediengesetz)Publisher and editorFinancial Market Authority () Otto-Wagner-Platz &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-without-sidebar.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legal Notice - FMA \u00d6sterreich<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fma.gv.at\/en\/copyright-and-disclaimer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legal Notice - 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