Second CIS Local Counsel Forum

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SecondCIS Local Counsel Forum
??????? ???? ? ?????? Austria Bridge to
Europe

• Anna Zeitlinger
• June 2007

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??????? ??? ????? ??? ??????? ??????, ???
?????? ??????? ?? ????? ? ?????Austria as the
business place more than only skiing and waltz
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Austria east-western amplitude

• Ideal access to the EU- market best
  connections to the eastern/south Europe
• Excellent infrastructure Trafficsystems,
  Telecommunications
• Service know-how of Austrian companies
• High living standard, high standard of personal
  security and political stability for a
  reasonable price

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??????? ? ???????? ????? Austria as a market

• 8,2 million consumers interesting market for
  consumer goods
• High purchasing power 31.400 (GDP per capita)
• Companies as clients have the investment and
  purchasing power of 21,8 of the GDP

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  ???????????????? 21,8 ?? ???

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????????????? ??? ??????????? ?????????
???????Beneficial tax system for companies

• ????????? ??????? 2005 ????
• ???????? ?????????????? ?????? ?? 25
• Tax reform 2005 corporate tax reduction to 25
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• modern group taxation
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• attractive programms of support
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• beneficial founding regulations

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????????? ????????? ??????? ????????Reduced
Income Tax
??????????? ????? ? ?????????? ?? 2005 ?.,
Corporate Tax 2005 in
Source Center for European Economic Research
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??????? ?????????????????? ?????High labour
efficency
??? ?? ??????? ? ???, ? ??????? GDP per working
hour in USD
Source World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006
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???????????? ??????? ???????? ???????????Human
capital excellent education
10 O?????????? ????????????? ???????????
????????? Education in relation to economic
requirements
Source World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006
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????-???????? ??????-?????Headquarters East-West
?????, ??? ??????????? ????? ??? ????? ???
????????? ? ??????? Companies, with main offices
for Central and Eastern Europe situated in
Austria Lukoil Gazprom VneshTorgBank Americ
an Express Bank Coca-Cola Eli Lilly FedEx Fl
extronics Goodyear Henkel Hewlett-Packard Mc
Donalds NCR Otis Pioneer SAP Siemens T
-Systems Unisys Western Union York
International
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???????????? ????????????Maximum security
????? / Scale 1-10
Source World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006
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??????? ???????? ????? High living standard
????? / Scale 1-10
Source World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006
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??????? ??????????Austria offers

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• high living standards
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• moderate costs of living
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• in international neighbourhood
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• international organisations
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• international schools

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????? ?????????? ? ????!Welcome to Vienna!
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Thank you for your attention!

• Dipl. jur. Anna Zeitlinger
• Lansky, Ganzger partner RA GmbH
• 1010 Vienna, Rotenturmstrasse 29/9
• T 43 1 533 33 30-0
• F 43 1 532 84 83
• E zeitlinger_at_lansky.at
• W www.lansky.at

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