Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appellant's right to be heard was violated by the search/culling of documents in his absence.
Decisão extraída
A procedural defect occurred because the appellant was not given a real opportunity to participate in the culling.
Fundamentação extraída
Swiss executing authorities must allow the holder to comment on each document and participate in the culling before issuing the closing decision; foreign investigators cannot be given the culling task in an uncritical way. However, because the appellant had not elected domicile in Switzerland despite knowing of the proceedings, the defect did not justify annulment.