Basically, the State Administrative Courts are competent to decide on the respective complaints, unless otherwise provided by the provisions of Article 130 (2) and (3) of the B-VG. Specifically, this means that the State Administrative Courts are particularly competent in matters that are executed in indirect federal administration or in state administration. For example, commercial matters are executed in indirect federal administration, which means that the locally competent administrative court of the state has jurisdiction in such matters.
The Federal Administrative Court decides in particular on complaints concerning matters executed in direct federal administration (e.g., customs, asylum).
If a matter is not executed in direct or indirect federal administration, the competence lies with the State Administrative Courts.
