Question juridique clé
Whether the administrative appeal against the federal department's refusal to renew the authorization was admissible and had to be remitted to the Federal Office of Transport.
Solution extraite
The appeal was admissible, but a remittal would have served no purpose because the department and the office were functionally connected and the court decided the merits itself.
Motifs extraits
The renewal decision was formally within the Federal Office's competence, yet the department was the superior authority and the file had already been fully examined. A remittal would have unnecessarily prolonged the proceedings.