Directive (EU) 2016/943 on the protection of trade
secrets will be implemented in Austria by an amendment to the
Federal Act against Unfair Competition (UWG) and will enter into
force on 1 February 2019
With the implementation of the EU Trade Secrets Directive, the
protection of trade and business secrets, a legal area that has so
far only been rudimentarily developed and mainly characterised by
case law, will become an essential component of Austrian
competition law.
The provisions of the Trade Secrets Directive are to be
implemented in Sections 26a - 26j of the Act against Unfair
Competition (UWG) and are intended to provide stronger protection
for trade secrets and counteract the danger of industrial espionage
and betrayal of secrets.
