Key legal question
Whether the federal complaint was filed within the statutory deadline and in proper form
Extracted holding
No. The fax filing did not satisfy the formal requirements, and the paper version posted in Germany on the last day of the period did not reach the Swiss post in time.
Extracted reasoning
The complaint had to be lodged within 30 days and submitted to the Swiss post by the last day. A fax transmission and handing it to the German Post do not preserve the deadline under settled case law.