Acts by non-exclusive competent authorities lack vertical finality, requiring hierarchical appeal to the competent government member.

The court dismissed the administrative challenge against an act issued by a Director-General exercising non-exclusive powers. The plaintiff argued the act was final, but the court found that under the relevant decree-law, such acts require a subsequent hierarchical appeal to the competent government member to achieve vertical finality. Consequently, the initial act was not considered legally definitive, rendering the direct challenge inadmissible.