scholarly journals Legislation on Administrative Procedures: The German Experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-215
Author(s):  
A. D. Maile
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
General Order ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Administrative Act ◽  
The Law

This article provides an overview of the main provisions of German administrative procedural law. It outlines in a systematic way the particularities of administrative procedures and the possibilities for a citizen to seek administrative remedy. The essence of the basic principles of administrative procedural law as well as the particularities of temporary legal protection and the possibilities for an extrajudicial appeal against an administrative act are explained to the reader. The Author points out that administrative proceedings in Germany are, in a broad sense, any decision-making activity of a public administration body. According to the German Administrative Procedure Act, an administrative procedure in the sense of the law is an externally imposed activity of the administrative authorities that is aimed at verifying the conditions, preparing and issuing an administrative act or entering into a public-law contract. At the same time, the activities of a public administration body are not bound by a specific form, unless there are specific rules on the form of procedure. It is stated that current German administrative law distinguishes between an administrative act and a general order. The latter is also an administrative act, the range of addressees, however, is wider. An administrative act according to the law is any order, decision or other authoritative action of an administrative body aimed at regulating a single case in the field of public law and having direct legal consequences of an external nature. A general order is an administrative act, which is addressed to a certain or defined by general features, or which concerns the public-law properties of a thing or the use of it by the public. The author notes that an administrative act must be specific in content, justified and announced to the participants in the proceedings. As long as the act has not been declared, it is invalid. An administrative act is valid from the moment it is announced, unless it itself provides otherwise. It continues in force until it is revoked, cancelled, terminated by a deadline or for any other reason specified in the law. Based on the analysis, it is concluded that the lack of a law on administrative procedures in Russia is a negative indicator of the modern Russian administrative legal system.

Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review in France

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
Delphine Costa
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Judicial Remedy ◽  
Individual Decisions ◽  
Laws And Regulations ◽  
Administrative Justice

This chapter describes administrative procedure and judicial review in France. In French public law, no constitutional provision provides for judicial review of administrative measures. Nor is there a convention providing for judicial review of administrative measures. This is only envisaged by the laws and regulations, in particular the Administrative Justice Code and the Code of Relations between the Public and the Administration. The administrative courts exercise extensive control over the acts or measures of the public administration, including both individual decisions and regulatory acts, but some are nonetheless beyond judicial review. Where an act or measure is contested on procedural grounds, judicial review takes place only under certain conditions: the procedural defect must have deprived the applicant of a guarantee or it must have influenced the meaning of the decision taken. Two types of judicial remedy exist in administrative law: it is therefore up to the applicant to limit their application before the administrative judge.

Administrative Procedure and Judicial Review in Lithuania

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-71
Author(s):  
Agnė Andrijauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
General Rule ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
The Law ◽  
Administrative Courts ◽  
Administrative Proceedings

This chapter reviews administrative procedure and judicial review in Lithuania. The introduction of administrative justice into the Lithuanian legal system happened against the backdrop of Lithuania's 'unflinching' desire to join the European Union and was meant to strengthen the protection of individual rights and administrative accountability. Two cornerstone acts in this regard, the Law on Public Administration and the Law on Administrative Proceedings (APA), were adopted in 1999. Administrative courts were also established in the same year. Article 3 (1) APA spells out the general rule that administrative courts settle disputes arising in the domain of the public administration. All the acts and measures excluded from the competence of administrative courts are listed in Article 18 APA, which establishes the so-called negative competence of administrative courts. Meanwhile, Article 91 (1) (3) APA provides that the impugned administrative decision may be quashed if 'essential procedural rules intended to ensure objective and reasonable adoption of an administrative decision were breached'.

scholarly journals IN SEARCH OF THE SUBJECTIVE PUBLIC LAW: CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Peter Chvosta
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Public Rights ◽  
Administrative Act ◽  
The Law ◽  
Administrative Jurisdiction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Public Right

Purpose. The article is devoted to the legal figure of subjective public right in the context of legal protection in administrative matters. Methods. Based on the historical development of administrative jurisdiction in Austria and Germany in the 19th century, the function of the subjective public right is discussed in more detail: When the legislator grants citizens subjective public rights (and thus enforceable claims against the administration), the citizen can assert his or her individual interests before the courts by means of a right of defence against the state. At the same time, this results in an external legal control of the administration (compared to a mere internal administrative control by way of disciplinary measures) and thus promotes the rule of law of administrative action, which is in the public interest. Results. By pursuing his subjective public right, the citizen acting in his own interest indirectly contributes to the correct enforcement of the law. In a sense, he acts as an assistant to the public interest. The granting of a subjective public right also limits the group of persons who can take action against an administrative act, since otherwise anyone could challenge an administrative act. If the legislator has not expressly stipulated in the law which persons are entitled to a subjective public right in which respect, the determination of subjective public rights can be difficult in individual cases: When the law provides for a permit subject to certain conditions, the addressee of an administrative act is necessarily entitled to obtain a permit if the conditions required by law are met. The question is more complex in the case of persons who are not the addressee of an administrative act but who are affected by its effects. In this case, it must be determined by way of interpretation whether the legal provisions whose violation the citizen claims to have violated were passed not only to protect public interests but also, at least, in the interests of individual persons. Only then is there also a subjective public right of the individual to compliance with this provision. Conclusions. The legislator can avoid difficulties of interpretation by means of clear rules on the granting of subjective public rights. In particularly important administrative matters (e.g. approval of infrastructure projects), where the granting of subjective public rights is not sufficient to ensure judicial control of administrative acts, a larger group of persons can be granted party status.

scholarly journals Swoboda wyboru prywatnoprawnej formy działania administracji gospodarczej w polskiej i niemieckiej doktrynie prawa publicznego

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-116
Author(s):  
Paweł Sancewicz
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
German Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Legal Form ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Legal Forms ◽  
Polish Law

The purpose of this paper was to present views of both Polish and German public law doctrine on the issue of the possibility to choose a legal form of implementa­tion of public tasks by the public administration. This issue is not only a theoretical matter because currently administration has to cope with increasingly complex and complicated public tasks that must be implemented. The article first explains the concept of the legal forms of action, distinguished from the measures available in administration. Next, the freedom of choice of the legal form of action as well as the instances of its abuse are analysed. The considerations carried out in the article allow to adopt the position that the choice of the legal form of action by public administration cannot be actually prejudged under Polish law. The main limitation of the freedom to choose the le­gal form of action is contained in Article 7 read in connection with Article 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland which stipulate a legal framework that ought to embrace them. There is also a concern that the authorities may abuse certain forms of action in order to, for example, avoid certain administrative procedures or to achieve desired fiscal objectives. As indicated in the course of the analysis, the German doctrine and practice encountered similar problems, and now the experi­ence and undoubted successes of German law and practice could be a significant inspiration for Polish lawmakers in this area. De lege ferenda, it is necessary to propose the introduction of legal regulations that will enable or facilitate a free choice of the legal form of action by administra­tive bodies. However, establishing such regulations will only be possible and and effective when the administrative agreement becomes part of the Polish legal system.

scholarly journals Sądowa kontrola decyzji organów podatkowych w sprawach ulg w spłacie zobowiązań podatkowych opartych na uznaniu administracyjnym

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 441
Author(s):  
Andrzej Niezgoda
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Administrative Discretion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Tax Relief ◽  
The Law ◽  
Administrative Courts

<p>The article is of a scientific-research nature. The author discusses the problem of limits of judicial review of discretionary decisions made by taxation authorities, which aim at applying relief in payments of tax liabilities under Polish regulations and case-law of administrative courts. It may be noted that despite the issue of administrative discretion being discussed in the academic literature, the question of limits of judicial review in the practice of administrative courts still raises doubts. It is therefore reasonable to undertake the analysis of the main views formulated in the literature and the case-law of administrative courts addressing this problem, from the point of view of the limits of judicial review of discretionary decisions. The thesis of the article is that the nature of discretionary decisions on relief in payment of tax liabilities, determined by the function of administrative discretion, and, at the same time, the criteria set out in the law for judicial review of public administration, limit the role of the administrative court in examining the compliance with procedural law of the tax proceedings preceding the issuance of such a decision and the respecting by tax authorities of the fundamental values of the system of law expressed in the Polish Constitution. This is because they define the limits of administrative discretion, within which the choice of one of the possible solutions remains beyond the judicial review of the public administration. For the law, as it stands (<em>de lege lata</em>) there are no grounds for administrative courts, provided that the tax authorities respect the basic values of the legal system expressed in the Polish Constitution, to formulate assessments as to the circumstances and reasons justifying the granting or refusal to grant a tax relief, or its scope. The concept of internal and external limits of administrative discretion may therefore be useful for administrative court rulings.</p>

scholarly journals ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barjam Gjishti
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Legal Person ◽  
Central Administration ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Administrative Functions ◽  
State Administration ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
The Right ◽  
First Time

The term public administration in the Albanian legal system identifies the group of state administration bodies / public entities that contribute to the performance and functioning of state administration in matters of its competencies. The provision for the first time defined by the bodies that are part of the public administration is Article 3 of the Code of Administrative Procedure, 1999, repealed by the new Administrative Procedure Code, which provides in Article 3, point 6, “the public organ” bodies that are part of the public administration are those exercising administrative functions. The new Code of Administrative Procedures shall designate as a public administrative body any central administration body, local authority, law enforcement authorities, as long as they perform administrative functions, public entities and any natural or legal person who has been given by law, statute or any other form provided by the legislation in force, the right to exercise administrative functions. All public bodies that do not exercise administrative functions are excluded from this definition.

scholarly journals FICTITIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS: PROSPECTS OF REGULATION IN THE COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL ASIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-40
Author(s):  
Leonid Khvan
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Tacit Consent ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Central Asian Countries ◽  
Administrative Act

The Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan (twice: in 2000, 2015–2016), Kyrgyzstan (twice: in 2004, 2015), Tajikistan (in 2007), and Uzbekistan (twice: in 2007, 2015–2016) – are trying to implement laws on administrative procedure into their national legal systems. Laws on administrative procedure are а tool of western philosophy, an institute of European administrative law of the European understanding of open government and effective administrative regulation, approaches to which the countries of the region have begun to develop relatively recently. Instead of a formal pursuing the adoption of laws on administrative procedure, it is more important to find answers to the countries’ readiness to accept laws on administrative procedure into their existing social, political and economic realities, including the peculiarities of the legal systems. The research notes а lack of two key concepts of the laws on administrative procedure – the concept of administrative procedures as such and the concept of administrative acts. It is analyzed the possibility of implementation of one of the variants of the administrative decision adopted as the result of a fictitious approval (Genehmigungsfiktion). Today, in Central Asia а truncated model of fictitious approval is in operation – the principle “silence gives consent” – within the sphere of licensing procedures of entrepreneurship: “if the public authority does not submit within the established deadlines а motivated refusal or authorization document, such а document is considered to be issued (i. e. the procedure is deemed to be completed)”. The article provides its comparative legal analysis of the application of fictitious approval in the countries of Central Asia. The author arrives at а number of conclusions: − administrative “silence” can be used by the legislator as a fictitious administrative act (tacit consent); − administrative “silence” is а form of an administrative act, but only on the basis of legislative clauses; − objective limitations of the use of administrative “silence” are shown; − different types of inactivity are classified for its effective objection, the position of the term in the system of such definitions as “administrative silence”, “delay in the adoption of an administrative act”.

scholarly journals MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAW OF LATVIA AND JUDICIAL PRACTICE

2019 ◽  
pp. 133-147
Author(s):  
Kristine Kore-Perkone
Keyword(s):  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
Main Concept ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
Administrative Act ◽  
The Law ◽  
Classic Form ◽  
Definition Of

An administrative act is the main concept and instrument of administrative procedure. Despite the availability of other forms of the performance of public administration (for example, practical step, public law agreement, legislative action etc.), an administrative act is considered as an activity in classic form. Consequently, as a rule, the concept of an administrative act is analysed more frequently in the Latvian administrative judicial practice and legal literature. The article provides an overview of the main characteristics of administrative acts from the perspective of Administrative Procedure Law in Latvia. In the article, the author elaborates on several main characteristics of administrative acts from the perspective of judicial practice and Latvian doctrine. The author also undertakes а comparative analysis between the Latvian Administrative Procedure Law and the newly adopted Law on Administrative Activities and Administrative Procedures of the Kyrgyz Republic. From the above, it follows that the positive part of the definition of an administrative act in the Administrative Procedure Law of Latvia is the same as in the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic. Thus, both laws provide for similar features that a decision must have to be recognized as an administrative act. It is noted that the Administrative Procedure Law of Latvia includes an exception to the general principle that an interim decision is not an administrative act, apart from cases when the decision itself substantially affects the rights or legal interests of a person or substantially limits them. The definition of an administrative act, which is stipulated by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Administrative Activity and Administrative Procedures”, does not indicate that an administrative act is not an interim or procedural decision. The above does not mean that even now in Kyrgyzstan in order to recognize the decision as an administrative act, there must be no features of a final character. The jurisdiction of administrative offenses cases was changed from the jurisdiction of administrative courts to the courts of criminal jurisdiction. Consequently, the competence of administrative cases doesn’t involve considering administrative offences cases.

COMMENTARY JUDGEMENT OF NACZELNY SĄD ADMINISTRACYJNY OF 14 DECEMBER 2010; REF. ACT I OSK 1155/10

2019 ◽  
Vol specjalny (XIX) ◽  
pp. 381-390
Author(s):  
Patrycja Majewska
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
The Public ◽  
Administrative Procedure ◽  
The Law ◽  
Do So

This commentary discusses the issue of the form of merging cases by a public administration body in the course of proceedings. The provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure do not specify in which form is to decide on the combination of cases. The author shares the view of the Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny according to which it can be assumed that the public administration body would do so in the form of an unjustified resolve, but there is no such obligation. Therefore, the lack of a resolve on the combination of cases initiated by the applicant’s claims does not constitute violation of the law.

scholarly journals PUBLIC-LEGAL DISPUTE IN THE SPHERE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE GROUNDS AND CONDITIONS OF ARISING

Social Law ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Tihonova
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
General Point ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Definition Of

The article is devoted to the definition of the concept of public-legal dispute in the field of intellectual property, taking into account the specifics of administrative and legal protection of rights in this field. To this end, the rules of procedural law relating to the definition of a public law dispute, the practice of their application, and the relevant doctrinal provisions on the legal protection of intellectual property rights are analyzed. The suitability of certain categories of such disputes to the jurisdiction of administrative courts is substantiated. The author draws attention to the fact that although the concept of "basis" and "condition" of a public-law dispute are not synonymous, it is impossible to deny that they have a large number of common features. In legal literature, the term "foundation" has become widespread, first of all, to indicate the grounds for the emergence of legal relationships. Moreover, there are two sides to this concept: material and legal basis. The legal basis includes, in particular, legal fact and the existence of a rule of law. It was also determined that the condition should be distinguished from the cause which necessarily produces a certain consequence - the legal conflict between the parties to the public-legal relations is at the heart of the public-legal dispute. From a general point of view, conflict is understood as a clash of opposing interests and views, tension and extreme aggravation of contradictions, which leads to active actions, complications, struggles, accompanied by complex conflicts. It is noted that in the case of a particular dispute, a direct condition for the emergence of public-law disputes is the conflict of not just legislative provisions, and in this case the fundamental rights of persons and the corresponding binding norms obliging the subjects of power to enter into conflict. to the administrative court for the exercise of their specific powers.

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