Question juridique clé
Whether the Federal Administrative Court correctly treated the Post’s letters as appealable decisions and declared the ordinary appeal late
Solution extraite
The letters were not sufficiently formal or clearly recognisable as decisions; the publisher could rely on the Post’s own conduct and did not miss the appeal deadline in a manner barring review.
Motifs extraits
Because the letters lacked designation, legal remedies, and proper reasoning, they did not satisfy formal decision requirements. The Post repeatedly suggested that a formal decision would follow, which induced reliance and prevented the publisher from being faulted for failing to appeal sooner.