Costs and value fixation after constitutional complaint is terminated

BVerfG 2 BvR 3/16Bverfg / Division 2Jul 13, 2016Other

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Constitutional Court discontinued the constitutional complaint proceedings after the complainant declared the matter resolved. As a result, the application for interim relief also became moot. The Court ordered the Federal Republic of Germany to reimburse the complainant’s necessary expenses because the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees had amended the challenged decision after renewed review. It also fixed the object value at EUR 10,000 for the constitutional complaint and EUR 5,000 for the interim relief application.

Omnilex headnote

§ 34a Abs. 3 BVerfGG; cost reimbursement after declaration of mootness in constitutional complaint proceedings; if the authority amends the challenged act following renewed review, reimbursement of necessary expenses is appropriate. § 14 Abs. 1 RVG, § 37 Abs. 2 S. 2 RVG; object value is to be fixed separately for the main constitutional complaint and for ancillary interim relief proceedings, according to the significance and scope of the matter.

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvR 3/16, Gegenstandswertfestsetzung im verfassungsgerichtlichen Verfahren

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-07-13

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvR 3/16

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2016:rs20160713.2bvr000316

Dokumenttyp: Gegenstandswertfestsetzung im verfassungsgerichtlichen Verfahren

Normen: § 34a Abs 3 BVerfGG, § 14 Abs 1 RVG, § 37 Abs 2 S 2 RVG

Vorinstanz: vorgehend VG Frankfurt, 4. Dezember 2015, Az: 7 L 5687/15.F.A, Beschlussvorgehend VG Frankfurt, 26. November 2015, Az: 7 L 5489/15.F.A., Beschluss

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat

Titelzeile

Gegenstandswertfestsetzung und Anordnung der Auslagenerstattung im Verfassungsbeschwerdeverfahren mit Tenorbegründung

Tenor

Das Verfahren wird eingestellt, nachdem der Beschwerdeführer es für erledigt erklärt hat.

Damit erledigt sich der Antrag auf Erlass einer einstweiligen Anordnung.

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland hat dem Beschwerdeführer die notwendigen Auslagen gemäß § 34a Abs. 3 BVerfGG zu erstatten, da das Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge den streitgegenständlichen Bescheid nach nochmaliger Prüfung abgeändert hat.

Der Gegenstandswert wird für das Verfassungsbeschwerdeverfahren auf 10.000 Euro (in Worten: zehntausend Euro) und für das Verfahren auf Erlass einer einstweiligen Anordnung auf 5.000 Euro (in Worten: fünftausend Euro) festgesetzt.

Diese Entscheidung ist unanfechtbar.

Keywords

constitutional complaintmootnesscostsnecessary expensesobject valueinterim reliefasylum decision

Extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the constitutional complaint proceedings should be terminated after the complainant declared the case resolved

Extracted holding

The proceedings were discontinued after the complainant declared them resolved.

Extracted reasoning

Once the complainant declared the matter resolved, the constitutional complaint proceedings no longer required a merits decision.

Key legal question

Whether the request for interim relief remained pending

Extracted holding

The request for an interim injunction became moot.

Extracted reasoning

Termination of the main constitutional complaint rendered the request for interim relief without separate purpose.

Key legal question

Whether the complainant was entitled to reimbursement of necessary expenses

Extracted holding

Necessary expenses had to be reimbursed by the Federal Republic of Germany.

Extracted reasoning

Because the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees amended the challenged decision after reconsideration, reimbursement under § 34a Abs. 3 BVerfGG was justified.

Key legal question

What amount of object value should be set for the constitutional complaint and the interim relief request

Extracted holding

The object value was set at EUR 10,000 for the constitutional complaint and EUR 5,000 for the interim relief proceedings.

Extracted reasoning

The court fixed the value separately for the main constitutional complaint and the interim relief application under the applicable RVG provisions.

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