Question juridique clé
Who is entitled to file a request for reconsideration of an administrative decision?
Solution extraite
Only a person affected in his or her rights by the decision may request reconsideration; this means, in principle, only someone who had party status in the procedure concluded by a formal decision.
Motifs extraits
Standing for an appeal and standing for reconsideration are analogous in that both require that the person be affected in rights by the decision. From this, the court derived that reconsideration is available only to a person who was a party to the proceedings terminated by a formal decision.