Questão jurídica principal
Whether the federal appeal was filed in time despite fax transmission and posting at a foreign post office on the last day.
Decisão extraída
Only delivery to a Swiss post office, or to a post office in Liechtenstein, preserves the deadline; fax transmission and posting in Germany do not.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 48(1) BGG is clear. A fax is not a valid filing for deadline purposes, and posting in foreign postal services is not equivalent to delivery to a Swiss post office. No treaty provided otherwise.