Solution: Lightning protection

In 1949, Austria started to develop the technical basis for the issuance of corresponding installation requirements for lightning protection systems. The Austrian regulation ÖVE-E49/1988 Lightning Protection Systems, which was valid for a long time, was repealed by the Electrical Engineering Ordinance 2002 (ETV 2002) and replaced by the national ÖVE/ÖNORM E 8049-1/2001 Lightning Protection of Structural Systems, Part1: General principles.
In 2010, ÖVE/ÖNORM E 8049-1/2001 was superseded by the publication of the Electrical Engineering Ordinance 2002/A2 (ETV 2002/A2) and the international standard ÖVE/ÖNORM EN 62305-3:2008 Lightning protection – Part 3: Protection of structures and persons, was declared mandatory with a transition period of five years.

Further parts of ÖVE/ÖNORM EN 62305 (not legally binding in Austria)

Part 1: General principles
Part 2: Risk management
Part 3, Supplement 1: Additional information for structures with potentially explosive atmospheres
Part 3, Supplement 2: Selection of the required lightning protection class and test intervals for structural installations
Part 4: Electrical and electronic systems in building installations