Are residents of Austria not allowed to participate?

[Clemens Eisserer]

Hi again,

I just read that Austria is not in the list of the countries allowed
to participiate.
Austria is in terms of law quite equal to Germany and is member of the
EU since 1995 (and of the EG longer than I can think of).

So are Austrians really not allowed to participiate, or, was Austria
just forgotten because its too small? If it has just not been
considered important enough, is there any chance to get Austria in the
list? (Italy, Germany, Poland, ... are also there)

Thanks, lg Clemens