Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appellant was entitled to party compensation for the moot proceedings before the Federal Administrative Court.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The delay by the EDI justified compensation; the lower court wrongly denied it by treating the costs as too low and by not properly assessing the matter on the basis of the file.
Extrahierte Begründung
The complaint had caused the EDI to decide only after a long delay; the appellant had a legitimate interest in the delay complaint, and the case was not one with clearly negligible legal work. Since no cost note was filed below, the amount had to be set ex officio from the file.