Legislator Case Law & Legislation
DE FR IT EN
Analyze in Legislator
8 B 44/11, 8 B 44/11 (8 C 18/11) AI generated

Legitimate expectations of an administrative authority in subsidy revocation based on inter-authority administrative agreement

Case Number 8 B 44/11, 8 B 44/11 (8 C 18/11)
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Germany (DE)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
Open official source Machine-readable Markdown (.md)

Legislator summary

AI generated

The Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) admitted the plaintiff's appeal for review (Revisionszulassung), finding that the case possesses fundamental importance under § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO. The dispute concerns whether a municipal authority can claim protection of legitimate expectations (Vertrauensschutz) against the revocation of an unlawful subsidy decision by a state authority, specifically where the revocation departs from an administrative practice that both authorities had previously agreed upon to ensure legal certainty. The key legal issues to be resolved on the merits include whether such an inter-authority agreement constitutes a public-law settlement contract (öffentlich-rechtlicher Vergleichsvertrag) under § 55 VwVfG and what legal consequences follow therefrom.

Legislator headnote

AI generated

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; Legitimate expectations of an administrative authority in subsidy revocation based on inter-authority administrative agreement: 2 Nr. 1 VwGO. The dispute concerns whether a municipal authority can claim protection of legitimate expectations (Vertrauensschutz) against the revocation of an unlawful subsidy decision by a state authority, specifically where the revocation departs from an administrative practice that both authorities had previously agreed upon to ensure legal certainty. The key legal issues to be resolved on the merits include whether such an inter-authority agreement constitutes a public-law settlement contract (öffentlich-rechtlicher Vergleichsvertrag) under § 55 VwVfG and what legal consequences follow therefrom.

Keywords

AI generated
administrative contract administrative revocation of decision protection of legitimate expectations subsidy settlement of dispute municipal administrative authority

Cited Legislation

AI generated
§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO
The main ground for allowing the appeal for review due to fundamental importance.
AI generated
8 B 81/09
Retroactive Revocation of Sewage Subsidies: Legitimate Expectations and Constitutional Limits on True Retroactivity
7 C 13/09
Settlement of administrative subsidy dispute and nullification of prior judgments under VwGO § 106
3 B 58/12
Revocation of public subsidy for violation of tendering duties under VOB/VOL: admissibility of circular-based "serious breach" presumption under § 49 Abs. 3 VwVfG NRW
7 C 14/09
Settlement-based discontinuance of proceedings under § 106 VwGO and voiding of prior judgments in a subsidy dispute
III ZR 234/10
Recovery of public investment subsidies for private-law breach of public procurement regulations

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

AI generated
§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO

The main ground for allowing the appeal for review due to fundamental importance.

Need to analyze how this precedent applies to your matter?

Cross-reference this judgment against statutes, commentaries, and subsequent citing case law inside Legislator AI.

Open in Legislator →

Full text

Revisionszulassung; kann eine Behörde bei der Rücknahme eines rechtswidrigen Subventionsbescheides durch eine andere Behörde Vertrauensschutz geltend machen?

[GRUENDE]

Die Beschwerde hat Erfolg. Der Rechtssache kommt die von der Klägerin geltend gemachte grundsätzliche Bedeutung zu (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO). Im Revisionsverfahren wird voraussichtlich zu klären sein, ob sich eine Behörde (Gemeinde) gegenüber der Rücknahme eines rechtswidrigen Subventionsbescheides durch eine andere Behörde (Land) dann auf Vertrauensschutz berufen darf, wenn die andere Behörde mit der Rücknahme von einer Verwaltungspraxis abweicht, auf die sich beide zuvor zur Erzielung von Rechtssicherheit geeinigt hatten. Dabei dürfte sich auch die Frage stellen, ob eine derartige Vereinbarung den Begriff des öffentlich-rechtlichen Vergleichsvertrages (vgl. § 55 VwVfG) erfüllt und welche Rechtsfolgen daraus zu ziehen wären.