Key legal question
Whether the reimbursement of private mobile phone call charges exceeded the approved authorization and had to be repaid to the Confederation.
Extracted holding
Yes. The calls were indemnified beyond the scope of the approved credit and had to be reimbursed.
Extracted reasoning
The authorization of 24 February 2003 fixed the scope of reimbursable private mobile-phone use. The battalion's area of operations did not expand, and no urgent supplementary request was made during service. Prior inconsistent practice did not create a right to equal treatment in illegality.