Commentaries: Art. 55c

If an applicant and organisation enter into an agreement on obligations that relate to public law matters, these agreements are deemed exclusively to be joint applications to the authority. The authority takes account of the result in its ruling or in its decision. It does not take account of the result if it is defective in terms of Article 49 of the Federal Act of 20 December 1968¹on Administrative Procedure.
Agreements between applicants and organisations on financial or other benefits are not permitted if they are intended for:
1. the enforcement of public law obligations, and in particular requirements imposed by authorities;
2. measures that are not provided for under public law or which have no connection with the project;
3. compensation for a waiver of legal action or for any other procedural conduct.
The appeal authority does not consider an appeal if it constitutes an abuse of the law or if the organisation has demanded unlawful benefits in terms of paragraph 2.

Art. 55c