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 | | Austria welcomes all foreign direct investment that does not have a negative impact on the environment, particularly those investments that create new jobs in high technology, promote capital-intensive industries, are linked with research activities, improve productivity, replace imports, and increase exports. |
 | | In Austria, all cross-border capital transactions for non-residents and residents, including the acquisition of Austrian securities, debt service, and the repatriation of profits, interest payments, dividends, and proceeds from the sale of an investment are fully liberalized. |
 | | Austria is one of a number of EU member states that have yet to implement the EU Directive on Legal Protection of Biotech Inventions. |
| www.state.gov /e/eb/ifd/2005/41952.htm (5643 words) |
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