Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Federal Court could hear the administrative law appeal against the Federal Council's decision.
Decisão extraída
The appeal was inadmissible; the Court could not enter into the matter.
Fundamentação extraída
The transitional provision left the old procedure applicable because the first-instance permit dated before 1 January 2000. Under that old regime, the Federal Council remained the final administrative appeal body, and this did not conflict with Article 6 ECHR because affected persons could assert their rights in the separate expropriation objection procedure leading to the Federal Court.