奥地利行政法院驳回ORF收视费申诉 约1.24万件相关案件近六成半已结案
围绕奥地利公共广播机构ORF收视费的法律争议迎来一项关键裁决。奥地利行政法院（VwGH）在9月2日的判决（案号Ra 2025/15/0009）中驳回了一项针对ORF收视费的申诉，认定自2024年起施行的、与收视设备脱钩的家庭缴费模式不违反欧盟国家援助规则，立法机关对过渡期费率按月确定的做法也得到确认。10月9日（周五），ORF台长英格丽德·图恩赫尔公开对裁决表示欢迎，联邦行政法院（BVwG）也就此发表声明。
ORF收视费于2024年1月1日取代旧的GIS收视费，由按设备收费改为按家庭征收，每月15.30欧元，与家庭是否实际收看ORF节目无关。此前已有申诉人以平等原则为由向宪法法院提出异议，宪法法院于2025年6月24日裁定该缴费合宪。行政法院此次裁决处理的是国家援助法与过渡期费率等另一组法律问题。
图恩赫尔10月9日表示，针对ORF收视费的核心异议已由最高法院层面厘清，公共广播的融资「站在稳固的法律地基上」；她同时表示，团结性的缴费融资有助于保障ORF的独立性。
联邦行政法院院长克里斯蒂安·菲尔茨维泽在声明中称，行政法院的决定是对该院相关判例的首个重要确认。联邦行政法院公布的数据显示，自ORF收视费法2024年施行以来，针对ORF收费服务公司缴费决定的申诉大量涌入：2024和2025两个业务年度登记的新案件超过8,500件，2026年2月新业务年度开始以来又新增3,800多件，累计约12,400件；截至2026年9月23日，其中近65%已经结案。联邦行政法院同时指出，营业领域的收视费等若干法律问题仍待厘清。
行政法院在裁决中还确认：在案件只涉及已有最高法院或欧盟法院判例覆盖的法律问题、且无争议事实问题时，联邦行政法院可以免于开庭审理。
来源：APA通讯社2026年10月9日报道（经ExtraDienst发布）、奥地利联邦行政法院声明综合报道。
Austria's Administrative Court Rejects Challenge to the ORF Household Fee
A long-running legal dispute over the funding of Austrian public broadcaster ORF has produced a landmark ruling. In a decision dated September 2, 2026 (case Ra 2025/15/0009), Austria's Administrative Court (VwGH) dismissed a challenge to the ORF contribution, holding that the device-independent household levy in force since 2024 does not breach EU state-aid rules, and upholding the legislature's monthly setting of the fee for the transition period. On Friday, October 9, ORF Director General Ingrid Thurnher publicly welcomed the ruling, and the Federal Administrative Court (BVwG) issued a statement on its significance.
The ORF contribution replaced the old GIS licence fee on January 1, 2024, shifting from a device-based charge to a household levy of 15.30 euros per month, payable regardless of whether a household uses ORF services. The Constitutional Court had already ruled the contribution constitutional on June 24, 2025, in a case arguing that the duty to pay even without using ORF violated the equality principle. The Administrative Court's ruling addressed a separate set of questions, on state aid and the transition-period fee.
Thurnher said on October 9 that the central objections to the ORF contribution had now been settled at the highest judicial level and that the financing of public broadcasting stood on a legally secure footing, adding that solidarity-based contribution funding strengthens ORF's independence.
BVwG President Christian Filzwieser said in the court's statement that the decision was a first important confirmation of the Federal Administrative Court's case law. Figures released by the court show that complaints against fee assessments issued by the ORF Beitrags Service GmbH have surged since the new law took effect: more than 8,500 new proceedings were registered in the 2024 and 2025 business years, and more than 3,800 further cases have been filed since the new business year began in February 2026 — a total of roughly 12,400 proceedings, of which nearly 65% had been completed as of September 23, 2026. The court noted that some questions, including the contribution's business-sector rules, remain open.
The Administrative Court also confirmed that the Federal Administrative Court may dispense with an oral hearing where a case raises only legal questions already covered by supreme-court or EU case law and no disputed questions of fact.
Sources: APA report of October 9, 2026 (published by ExtraDienst) and the statement of the Austrian Federal Administrative Court.
图片来源：位于维也纳昆尼格尔贝格的ORF中心。摄影：Bwag，CC BY-SA 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
