Termination of ex officio constitutional review following withdrawal of Administrative Court’s challenge to Lower Austrian Hospital Law

The Constitutional Court dismissed the case as moot, ordering the cessation of the ex officio constitutional review proceedings without further adjudication on the merits. The dispute arose from a prior constitutional review request by the Administrative Court challenging specific provisions of the Lower Austrian Hospital Law; however, the initiating court withdrew its application for annulment in September 2010, rendering the subsequent constitutional proceedings superfluous. Based on this procedural withdrawal, the court applied Section 19(3)(3) of the Constitutional Jurisdiction Act (VfGG) to terminate the ex officio review of the challenged statutory provision regarding hospital governance, leaving the underlying legislation in force as the challenge was abandoned.