Key legal question
Whether the ESR's 20 September 2001 letter was an administrative decision usable as an enforcement title for definitive debt-enforcement lift.
Extracted holding
Yes. It was an act of authority ordering payment of a public-law fee and, under cantonal law, was equivalent to an enforceable judgment.
Extracted reasoning
The ESR is empowered by Art. 18 LESR to issue fee decisions. The letter expressly stated that it was definitive and notified the waste-disposal charge on the basis of the applicable tariff, making it a public-law administrative decision under Art. 80(2)(3) SchKG and Art. 28 LALEF.