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Art. 3 LOI sur la procédure administrative (LPA-VD) - Décision
Chapitre I, Section I
Art. 3 LPA-VD · Décision
1. Est une décision toute mesure prise par une autorité dans un cas d'espèce, en application du droit public, et ayant pour objet
a. de créer, de modifier ou d'annuler des droits et obligations ;
b. de constater l'existence, l'inexistence ou l'étendue de droits et obligations ;
c. de rejeter ou de déclarer irrecevables des demandes tendant à créer, modifier, annuler ou constater des droits et obligations.
2. Sont également des décisions les décisions incidentes, les décisions sur réclamation ou sur recours, les décisions en matière d'interprétation ou de révision.
3. Une décision au sens de l'alinéa 1, lettre b), ne peut être rendue que si une décision au sens des lettres a) ou c) ne peut pas l'être.
Décisions judiciaires appliquant cette disposition (129)
GE.2025.0121 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Legal Aid Repayment Notice Judicial Review Dismissed
The court declared the appeal inadmissible because the contested act (the letter of May 7, 2025) did not constitute a decision under this article.
AC.2024.0154 · vd (Art. 3 al. 1 LPA-VD)
Landowners' Appeal Regarding Unauthorized Structures and Fences
Used to establish the definition of a decision and determine that only part of the municipal order was contestable.
AC.2024.0168 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Neighbors v. Municipality Regarding Commercial Vehicle Storage in Water Protection Zone
Cited to define the term 'decision' which is subject to appeal.
AC.2024.0188 · vd (Art. 3 al. 1 LPA-VD)
Municipal Order to Cease Unlicensed Residential Rental Upheld Against Property Owners
Cited as the legal definition for what constitutes a decision subject to appeal under Vaud administrative procedure law.
AC.2023.0155 · vd (art. 3 al. 1 LPA-VD)
Appeal Regarding Modification of Building Permit for Emergency Access
Cited to affirm that complaints based on the private law Code Rural et Foncier (CRF) are outside the administrative court's competence.
GE.2023.0138 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Appeal Against Refusal to Re-examine Destruction of Police Records and Destruction of 2023 Records
The court partially annuls the decision because the authority which ruled on the re-examination request was not competent to do so, implicitly relying on the definition of a 'décision' under this article concerning the merits of the case.
GE.2023.0071 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Daycare Operator Appeal Regarding Conditional Authorization and Non-Renewal Date
Cited in the reasoning to distinguish between a decision and an intention to decide, but not explicitly in the dispositive orders.
GE.2024.0180 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Jurisdiction Over Employment Dispute: Contractual Employee vs. Administrative Court Review
This provision defines what constitutes an administrative 'decision' (décision), which is central to determining the court's competence to hear the appeal.
GE.2023.0165 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Employer Appeal Against Reprimand for Illegal Employment and Sunday Work Violations
Cited in the reasoning section to discuss the admissibility of the appeal against the control report, although this specific article was not cited in the final dispositive orders (I-IV).
AC.2023.0030 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Municipality of [Location] v. Tree Owner/Building Permit Holder Regarding Classified Linden Tree Felling Authorization and Building Permit
Cited in the reasoning to confirm that the decision on the tree felling (Feb 2, 2023) was a formal decision, making the related appeal admissible under this article.
AC.2023.0197 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Association v. Municipality (Optician Training Center Competence Challenge)
Although the court determined the act was not a formal administrative decision, the reasoning extensively discusses this provision as the criterion for determining whether the municipal act was amenable to appeal.
AC.2023.0064 · vd (art. 3 al. 1 LPA-VD)
Appeal Regarding Compensatory Tree Placement and Sunlight/View Rights Dismissed as Inadmissible Due to Prior Final Judgment
This provision defines what constitutes an administrative decision; its potential lack of application justified the finding that the appeal was inadmissible for lack of a public law decision to review.
GE.2023.0157 · vd (Art. 3 LPA-VD)
Property Holder's Appeal Over Indemnity Valuation Dismissed as Inadmissible
Cited in the reasoning to define what constitutes a 'décision' which, being absent, leads to the inadmissibility of the appeal.
GE.2023.0033 · vd (Art. 3 al. 1 LPA-VD)
Music School Facility Access Dispute
Cited to define the concept of an administrative 'decision' subject to appeal, which was central to determining the scope of the appeal.
AC.2021.0124 · vd (art. 3 et 92 LPA-VD)
Property Owner Appeal Regarding P+R Parking Lease Termination Inadmissible Due to Private Law Nature
Cited as the legal basis for the inadmissibility ruling because the municipal order was deemed not to be a decision under public law.