Transfer of fishing permit without personal hearing

ATA/606/1997Cour de justice / Chambre administrative7 oct. 1997Dismissed

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Résumé Omnilex

DIEAR transferred a first-class fishing permit from the previous holder to a third party. The former holder challenged the decision, arguing in substance that he should have been personally heard. The authority relied on his handwritten declaration and his almost complete inactivity during the previous two years. The court held that, in these circumstances, DIEAR did not abuse its discretion and the transfer could stand.

Regeste Omnilex

RALPEC.18; transfer of a fishing permit and scope of administrative discretion; right to be heard. An authority does not abuse its discretion by transferring a first-class fishing permit to a third party without personally hearing the former holder where it may rely on the holder's written declaration and on objective evidence of near inactivity over a prolonged period. The absence of a personal hearing is not, by itself, decisive if the relevant facts are sufficiently established and the evidentiary basis is adequate to support the administrative assessment.

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Descripteurs

ANIMAL; PROTECTION DES ANIMAUX; PECHE; PERMIS DE PECHE; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; DROIT D'ETRE ENTENDU; EXCES ET ABUS DU POUVOIR D'APPRECIATION; ABUS DE POUVOIR; IEA

Normes

RALPEC.18

Résumé

Le DIEAR n'a pas abusé de son pouvoir d'appréciation en transférant à un tiers un permis de pêche de 1ère classe sans interpeller personnellement son précédent titulaire, mais uniquement sur la base d'une déclaration manuscrite de ce dernier et la constatation d'une quasi-inactivité durant les deux dernières années.

Mots-clés

animal protectionfishing permitadministrative procedureright to be hearddiscretionabuse of power

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Questions juridiques clés extraites par Omnilex

Question juridique clé

Whether DIEAR abused its discretion by transferring the fishing permit without personally questioning the former holder

Solution extraite

No abuse of discretion was found.

Motifs extraits

The authority could rely on the former holder's handwritten declaration and the objective fact of near inactivity over the last two years; these elements were sufficient to justify the transfer without a personal hearing in the circumstances described.

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