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2 B 70/16, 2 B 70/16 (2 C 1/17) ECLI:DE:BVerwG:2017:230117B2B70.16.0 AI generated

Permissibility of 4% interest on deferred student loan repayments during a prolonged low-interest rate phase

Case Number 2 B 70/16, 2 B 70/16 (2 C 1/17)
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Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
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The Federal Administrative Court admitted the revision appeal, leaving the lower instance outcome pending pending a higher-level hearing on the substantive issue. The dispute concerns whether a 4% interest rate is permissible for the deferral of repayment claims for student financial aid, a matter characterized by the court as lacking uniform supreme court jurisprudence and subject to conflicting rulings among regional courts. The decision hinges on the assessment of the historical low-interest rate environment and applies § 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 in conjunction with § 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 of the Court Fees Act (GKG) to provisionally determine the value of the subject matter for the revision proceedings.

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§ 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GKG, § 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 i.V.m. § 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GKG; Permissibility of 4% interest on deferred student loan repayments during a prolonged low-interest rate phase: The dispute concerns whether a 4% interest rate is permissible for the deferral of repayment claims for student financial aid, a matter characterized by the court as lacking uniform supreme court jurisprudence and subject to conflicting rulings among regional courts. The decision hinges on the assessment of the historical low-interest rate environment and applies § 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 in conjunction with § 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 of the Court Fees Act (GKG) to provisionally determine the value of the subject matter for the revision proceedings.

Keywords

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interest rate repayment of loan value in dispute financial assessment administrative fees revision proceedings

Cited Legislation

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§ 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GKG
Die vorläufige Festsetzung des Werts des Streitgegenstandes für das Revisionsverfahren beruht auf § 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 i.V.m. § 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GKG.
§ 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 i.V.m. § 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GKG
Procedural rule cited to establish the basis for the provisional determination of the value of the subject matter for the revision proceedings.

Cited Case Law

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1 A 335/14
Februar 2016 - 1 A 335/14 - juris Rn.
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2 B 3/17, 2 B 3/17 (2 C 9/17)
Permissibility of 4% interest on tax deferrals during a period of historically low interest rates
2 B 65/16, 2 B 65/16 (2 C 3/17)
Permissibility of 4% deferred repayment interest in military training cost recovery during a prolonged low-interest period
2 B 68/16, 2 B 68/16 (2 C 2/17)
Admissibility of 4% suspension interest rates for repayment of military training advances during a low-interest phase
IX B 21/18
Constitutional validity of fixed tax underpayment interest rates in a structural low-interest environment
XI ZR 96/15
Validity of 4% fee for special repayment right in consumer loan and violation of mandatory prepayment penalty limits

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§ 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 i.V.m. § 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GKG

Procedural rule cited to establish the basis for the provisional determination of the value of the subject matter for the revision proceedings.

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Die Revision ist hinsichtlich der Frage zuzulassen,

ob angesichts des historisch niedrigen Zinsniveaus eine Verzinslichstellung des gestundeten Betrags von 4 % zulässig ist.

Zu der Frage, ob es auch angesichts der derzeitigen langjährigen Niedrigzinsphase noch zulässig ist, einen Zins in Höhe von 4 % für die Stundung von Rückzahlungsforderungen zu erheben, gibt es bislang keine höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung. Die Frage wird unter den Oberverwaltungsgerichten unterschiedlich beurteilt (vgl. OVG Weimar, Urteil vom 12. November 2015 - 2 KO 171/15 - juris Rn. 33 einerseits, OVG Münster, Urteil vom 24. Februar 2016 - 1 A 335/14 - juris Rn. 75 ff. andererseits).

Die vorläufige Festsetzung des Werts des Streitgegenstandes für das Revisionsverfahren beruht auf § 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 i.V.m. § 52 Abs. 3 Satz 1 GKG.