1. Stockholm, October 2004

2. The Wiener Zeitung since 1703 1703 Published as „Wiennerisches Diarium“ 1780 Renaming in „Wiener Zeitung“ 1998 Spin-off from Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei as Wiener Zeitung GmbH (100 % owned by the Republic of Austria) represented by the Federal Chancellor (publisher) Alignment Official Journal of the Republic of Austria and independent (non-party) newspaper with reports and comments

3. Wiener Zeitung GmbH Important projects and subsidiaries + Online Official Journal

4. notices to be published in the Wiener Zeitung online free for 7 days. Official Announcements (digital federal law) Tenders (auftrag.at / lieferanzeiger.at) Banns Proclamations Balance sheet Auctions by order of court Company info Recruitment advertising Commercial register Bankruptcy Business info

5. Online Journal of Federal Law of Austria BGBL (federal law) online annual subscription full text search mail service for federal law since 1996 Download of PDF

6. E-Tendering in Austria

7. Internet DB E-Tendering System in Austria

8. E-Tendering technical requirements Standard commercial available PC Internet access (broadband recommended) Card reader Signature-Card with eligible certificate Standard Office Software or Open Office Software PDF Adobe Approval or Standard Trust View Secure Viewer XML Trust View Secure Viewer or BDC Hot sign + SW: Additionally, according to method of signing:

9. E-Tendering lieferanzeiger.at e-Government solution for public authorities for tendering simple and comfortable publishing and administration system according to EU-forms full adaptation to EU guidelines automatic forwarding to all requested official journals including EU fully electronic handling of the tendering process special tariff for print notices no costs for development and maintenance no costs for trainings Use of existing IT-infrastructure

10. E-Tendering lieferanzeiger.at webpage of public authority forms to be filled in only once by the public authority print in local media Official Journal Wiener Zeitung print and online EU- TED auftrag.at database

11. E-Tendering lieferanzeiger.at creating tender document s publishing of pre information planning of requirements requirement report + selection of method publishing of tender + upload of tender document s lieferanzeiger.at Office environment publication in different media e.g.: Wiener Zeitung, auftrag.at creating tender documents C:\... step 1 step 2 step 3 step 4 Publishing of tender acceptance tender opening publication in different media e.g.: Wiener Zeitung, auftrag.at upload of inquiry replies automatically distribution of notification e- mails publishing of amendment or repeal In case of multi-stage tender process publication in different media e.g.: Wiener Zeitung, auftrag.at creating inquiry replies C:\... saving offers C:\... saving e- tendering journal C:\... saving e- tendering journal C:\... publication in different media e.g.: Wiener Zeitung, auftrag.at

12. lieferanzeiger.at Facts Since January 2002 more than 4.200 users of public authorities (government, provinces, municipalities) More than 14.500 public notices Winner of Multimedia-Award 2002 in the category of „Public Information and e-Services“ 2003 start of development of the complete e-tendering process Since 2004 pilot operating of the complete e- tendering process End 2004 e-tendering will be fully operating for all public authorities

13. E-Tendering auftrag.at B2B solution for tenderers all public tenders from Austria and above-threshold tenders from EU efficient and simple search for tenders daily delivery per e-mail according to the search-profile of the tenderer download of tender documents fully electronic handling of the tendering process time and cost saving no error-prone inquiries

14. E-Tendering auftrag.at Search and e-mail delivery from only one platform Official Journal Wiener Zeitung 9 local official media below threshold tendersabove threshold tenders TED-Data from EU (all EU-Members)

15. E-Tendering auftrag.at search reading of documents publishing of tender download of tender documents issuing of offer tender opening upload of offer acceptance of a tender requests reading of replies auftrag.at Office environment search on auftrag.at or e-mail delivery from auftrag.at selection of tender  „My tenders“ + download of documents documents C:\... e-mail for tendering authority notification e-mail from auftrag.at  new information My tenders: download of replies documents C:\... upload of offer documents from C:\... body of offer (pdf) local to C:\... saving + upload of digitally signed body of offer from C:\... step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5

16. auftrag.at Facts Only within one year 1.500 customers Winner of Multimedia-Award 2002 in the category of „Public Information and e-Services“ 2003 start of development of the complete e-tendering process 2004 pilot operating of the complete e-tendering process End 2004 e-tendering will be fully operating