Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal was filed within the statutory time limit
Extracted holding
No. The 30-day deadline was not suspended and had expired before the appeal was handed to the Swiss Post.
Extracted reasoning
The challenged decision concerned provisional measures under Art. 98 LTF, so the suspension rules of Art. 46 para. 1 let. b LTF did not apply. The deadline therefore ended on 15 August 2013, while the appeal was mailed only on 17 August 2013.