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VWVGPA
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Art. 25a Bundesgesetz vom 20. Dezember 1968 über das Verwaltungsverfahren (VwVG)
VwVG; Zweiter Abschnitt: Allgemeine Verfahrensgrundsätze; Fbis. Verfügung über Realakte
Art. 25a VwVG
Wer ein schutzwürdiges Interesse hat, kann von der Behörde, die für Handlungen zuständig ist, welche sich auf öffentliches Recht des Bundes stützen und Rechte oder Pflichten berühren, verlangen, dass sie: a. widerrechtliche Handlungen unterlässt, einstellt oder widerruft; b. die Folgen widerrechtlicher Handlungen beseitigt; c. die Widerrechtlichkeit von Handlungen feststellt.
Die Behörde entscheidet durch Verfügung.
Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (62)
BGE 151 I 19 (Art. 25 und 25a VwVG)
Patient’s opt-out of SAMW medical-ethical guidelines: no declaratory ruling on validity or on supervisory consequences for non‑observance by FMH physicians.
Main ground for dismissing the appeal regarding the requirements for declaratory rulings and rulings on real acts.
BGE 151 II 197 (Art. 25a PA)
FINMA press release on closed enforcement proceeding held lawful under financial-market supervision duty, notwithstanding no publication of final decision.
Cited in the reasoning regarding right to a decision; not cited in the dispositive, so excluded.
B-8179/2025 (Art. 25a VwVG)
Shareholder's Standing to Challenge Over-Indebtedness Report Denied
Cited as the legal basis for the type of request made by the applicant and for the court's review of the prior decision not to proceed with the request.
F-3876/2025 (Art. 25a VwVG)
Unlawful Refusal to Issue Formal Decision on Date of Birth Correction
Relates to the obligation to issue decisions and the consequences of not doing so, underpinning the concept of legal denial.
Bundesrat · 2025-10-08-beschwerde-eda (Art. 25a al. 2 PA)
NGO Funding Suspension and Reputation Damage Case
Mandates that an authority dealing with a request under Art. 25a(1) PA must issue a decision.
A-4640/2022 (Art. 25a VwVG)
Financial Authority Data Transfer Upheld in Money Laundering Investigation
Cited by the plaintiffs as a basis for their request for a ruling, but the court did not enter into a substantive examination of this claim.
RR.2024.77 (Art. 25a VwVG)
Appeal Dismissed: International Legal Assistance and Unappealable Acts
Cited as the legal basis for requesting the determination of the unlawfulness of actions, but the court found it lacked jurisdiction for such requests in this appeal.
A-5743/2023 (Art. 25a Abs. 1 VwVG)
Radio/TV Fee Exemption Inspection Lawful Despite Minor Procedural Flaw
Allows individuals to request authorities to cease or revoke unlawful actions, remove consequences of unlawful actions, and establish the unlawfulness of actions.
B-3340/2020 (Art. 25a VwVG)
Company's Request for Ruling on Fungicide Statements Improperly Accepted by Administrative Authority
This provision governs the procedure for issuing decisions on real acts, which was the subject of the applicant's request. The court ultimately ruled on the admissibility of the request based on this article.
A-5969/2023 (Art. 25a al. 1 PA)
Federal Intelligence Service Data Access Dispute
This article is cited concerning the court's competence to address unlawful acts in public law.
A-1844/2021 (Art. 25a PA)
Swiss Court Upholds Automatic Exchange of Financial Information with Argentina
Cited as the legal basis for the applicant's request and the court's jurisdiction to issue a decision on the transmission of information.
C-5622/2021 (Art. 25a PA)
Father Lacks Standing to Challenge Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccine Approval
The court ruled that the Federal Administrative Court does not have to issue a decision regarding material acts, as requested by the appellant.
A-127/2023 (Art. 25a PA)
Aviation Authority Declines Declaratory Ruling on Ultralight Aircraft Use
Cited as the legal basis for the applicants' subsidiary claim concerning the declaration of illegality of flight restrictions, which is relevant to the assessment of whether the provisional measures requested were within the scope of the case.
A-2768/2021 (Art. 25a Abs. 1 VwVG)
Federal Procurement Salary Equality Directive Challenge
Used as the legal basis for requesting a ruling on administrative real acts when rights or obligations are affected.
A-2768/2021 (Art. 25a Abs. 2 VwVG)
Federal Procurement Salary Equality Directive Challenge
States that the authority decides by order in cases concerning real acts.