Question juridique clé
Whether the Federal Office had to notify the entry decision immediately to the account holder and not to the requesting state
Solution extraite
Immediate notification was not required in the circumstances; the delayed notification together with the closing decision was reasonable and caused no prejudice, although transmission of the entry decision to the requesting state was improper.
Motifs extraits
The persons affected by the triage were initially indeterminate, so immediate notification would have been impracticable. The later communication to Germany was contrary to the rule that the requesting state is not a party, but this error did not harm the appellant.