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The west Austrian state of Salzburg will have to pay up to a total of €1m (£780,000) to local sex workers to compensate them for illegally charging them for medical checks. | |
In 2010 the Salzburg state authorities imposed a €35 (£27) medical contribution on about 600 prostitutes who have to undergo weekly tests. | |
“These charges were introduced without any legal basis and we consequently must reimburse them as they are demanding,” the Salzburg provincial finance officer, Christian Stöckl, of the conservative Austrian People’s party, announced on Monday. | |
The fee-charging measure, launched by the region’s former Social Democrat government, had been challenged by a brothel owner in the region. Prostitution is legal in Austria but it is subject to strict regulations including regular medical examinations for sex workers. | |
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