Title of the law: Federal Act enacting provisions on medically assisted reproduction (Reproductive Medicine Act – RMA), Federal Law Gazette No. 275/1992, last amended by Federal Law Gazette I No. 37/2018 (see RIS - Fortpflanzungsmedizingesetz - Bundesrecht konsolidiert, version of 25 November 2024 (bka. gv.at)

 Date of adoption: 14 May 1992 entry into force 1 July 1992, with various adaptions until 2018

 Published: in Federal Gazette “Bundesgesetzblatt” BGBl. Nr. 275/1992

 Amendment: Fortpflanzungsmedizinrechts-Änderungsgesetz 2015

 Date of Adoption: 23 February 2015, entry into force: 24 February 2015

 Published in: Federal Gazette “Bundesgesetzblatt” BGBl. I Nr. 35/2015

Revision concerning egg donation, sperm donation and PGD

2. Are there specific criteria for access to MAP?

Medical reasons

          a. Infertility

            i. for a heterosexual couple?                                                     YES

            ii. for women not living in a heterosexual couple?                NO

b. Risk of transmission of a disease (please specify the risk and/or disease)                  

            i. for a heterosexual couple?                                                     YES

            ii. for women not living in heterosexual couple?                   NO

3. Are MAP procedures covered by the social security system? 

infertility is not seen as a disease therefore the IVF-fund according to the IVF-Fonds-Gesetz was established in 2000 (see RIS - IVF-Fonds-Gesetz - Bundesrecht konsolidiert, Fassung vom 25.11.2024 (bka.gv.at)

4. Are there specific criteria for such coverage? 

Yes

5. Is financial coverage limited to a number of MAP procedures? 

Yes

6. Are sperm, oocytes or embryos donation permitted in your country?

a. Sperm                                                                                             Yes

b. Oocytes                                                                                          Yes

c. Embryos                                                                                         No

7. Are there specific compensation arrangements for such donations(s)? No, only allowance for expenses is possible 

8. Are there sepcific criteria for sperm, oocytes and embryos donation? 

a. Sperm                                                                                             Yes

b. Oocytes                                                                                          Yes, age limit

c. Embryos                                                                                         -

9. Are there specific non-medical criteria for selection of gametes/embryo to be used for MAP?

No

10. Are there special measures for the prevention of consanguinity? 

Yes, restrictions on the number of families for donations

11. In a homosexual couple, is a legal relationship possible between a child and the partner of his or her legal parent? -

19. Is there an important current debate in your country on these or related issues? No

20. Delegations are invited to provide information, in this section, on particular cases encountered in their country, and especially their case-law. NA

1. Is access to MAP 

• restricted to heterosexual couples? No
• possible for women not living in a heterosexual couple? Yes

16. Is donation of sperm, oocytes and embryos anonymous?

No, children have a right to information (after completion of the 14th year of life)

17. Is it possible to obtain information about the biological origin of a child born after gametes or embryo donation? For the child? For the parents? For a court?                                                 

Yes

In particular: identity of the donors for the child, for the parents, for a court? in medically justified exceptional cases, the legal representatives

Yes

Certain health information concerning the donor(s), for the child, for the parents, for a court?

Yes, details in § 20 Law on Medical Assisted Procreation “Fortpflanzungsmedizingesetz”.

Other information No

18. Is it possible to contest maternity and paternity of children born utilising MAP and under which conditions (family law provisions)? -