Fees Ordinance of the Administrative Court (GebV VGr) (GEBVVGR)

1 This Ordinance governs the procedural costs and party compensation to be determined by the Administrative, Building Appeals, and Tax Appeals Courts.

2 Procedural costs are court fees and expenses.

B. Court Fees

The court fee is determined by the time spent by the assessing court, the difficulty of the case, and the amount in dispute or the actual value in dispute.

Here is the translation of the law article into English

1 Basic Fee for Proceedings with an Ascertainable Value in Dispute

The court fee shall be determined based on the value in dispute and generally amounts to

| Value in Dispute (in Swiss Francs) | Court Fee (in Swiss Francs) |

| :---------------------------------- | :-------------------------- |

| up to 5,000 | 500 |

| from 5,000 to 10,000 | 500 to 1,100 |

| from 10,000 to 20,000 | 1,100 to 2,200 |

| from 20,000 to 50,000 | 2,200 to 4,400 |

| from 50,000 to 100,000 | 4,400 to 6,600 |

| from 100,000 to 250,000 | 6,600 to 11,000 |

| from 250,000 to 500,000 | 11,000 to 16,500 |

| from 500,000 to 1 million | 16,500 to 22,000 |

| exceeding 1 million | 22,000 to 50,000 |

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Increase and Reduction

2 For proceedings without an ascertainable value in dispute, the fee generally amounts to CHF 500 to CHF 50,000.

**C. Costs**

1 In particularly complex proceedings, the court fee may be increased up to double.

2 For decisions made without a substantive examination of the requests, the fee may be reduced to one-fifth.

3 If the decision is not reasoned in writing or only summarily, or if otherwise only minimal effort is involved, the fee may be reduced to half.

**Delivery Costs**

**Disbursements**

**Further Costs**

1 For each party involved in the proceedings, as a rule,

a flat-rate postage fee of CHF 35 will be charged. Multiple parties

with a common delivery address count as one party.

2 In proceedings with more than one exchange of written submissions or with other

other service of process that triggers a deadline, the flat-rate postage fee for each party affected by the deadline will generally increase by CHF 25.

3 Costs of public announcements and official service of process

will be charged separately.

1 Witness, expert, translation, and inspection costs, as well as other disbursements, will be charged separately.

2 The compensation for witnesses, experts, and informants is governed by the Compensation Ordinance of the highest cantonal courts of 11 June 20025.

1. For copies of decisions and files, a fee of CHF 1 per page will be charged.

2. For copies outside pending proceedings, as well as for the anonymisation of files, the fee regulations according to the Act on Information and Data Protection (IDG) of 12 February 20073 apply.

3. For each certificate of legal force or written confirmation that no appeals have been filed, a flat fee of CHF 50 will generally be charged.

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D. Party Compensation

1 Party compensation is determined by the significance of the matter in dispute, the difficulty of the case, the time spent, and the expenses incurred.

2 Unnecessary or minor expenses will not be reimbursed.

1. **Gratuitous Legal Counsel**

The gratuitous legal counsel receives compensation for the necessary time spent, in accordance with the Ordinance on Lawyers' Fees of September 8, 2010º. The necessary time spent is determined by the significance of the dispute and the difficulty of the case. Expenses are reimbursed separately.

2. The gratuitous legal counsel submits a detailed breakdown of the time spent and the expenses to the court upon its request. If the breakdown is not submitted in due time after the court's request, the compensation will be determined ex officio and at the court's discretion.

E. Payment Period and Securities

1. **Procedure Costs**

Procedure costs must be paid within 30 days of the service of the invoice. Cash payment or advance payment are reserved where this is indicated to simplify the procedure, as are deferment and payment by instalments in justified cases.

2. Following the expiry of the payment deadline, a reminder will be sent to defaulting parties. They owe 5% default interest from the date of receipt of the reminder.

3. The reminder fee amounts to CHF 20.

No interest is paid on deposits.

Deposits

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F. Final Provision

Repeal of previous law

23 August 2010 is repealed.

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1 OS 74, 215; for justification, see AB2019-03-29. Approved by the Cantonal Council on

4 March 2019.

2 Entry into force: 1 June 2019.

3 LS 170.4.

4 LS 175.2.

5 LS 211.12.

6 LS 215.3.

7 LS 631.1.

8 LS 700.1.