Article 14 Ordinance on Administrative Justice (VRPV) - Establishment of Facts

**1. The Authority determines the facts and collects evidence ex officio, insofar as this is essential for the assessment.**

2. For this purpose, the Authority may question the parties and informants, summon documents, request official reports and expert opinions, conduct inspections, examine witnesses, or take other appropriate measures. If witnesses are examined, or obligations of cooperation or tolerance are imposed on third parties, the relevant provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply mutatis mutandis.

3. The parties are obliged to cooperate in determining the facts of the case. If they refuse, the Authority is not required to address the requests of these parties.

4. In the case of costly evidence measures, the parties must be heard beforehand.

5. The Authority may delegate the determination of the facts to an official agency.

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