Construction Permit Appeal Not an Abuse of Rights Under Cartel Law

In a claim for damages under cartel law, the court dismissed the action brought by a construction permit recipient against a competitor who had appealed the permit to the administrative court, which ultimately dismissed the appeal for lack of standing. The court reasoned that the competitor's administrative appeal challenging the simplified permit procedure for a concrete processing plant was not a tortious abuse of rights under cartel law because there was no established consensus on the standing of business competitors to challenge planning and building decisions, and the appeal raised legitimate concerns regarding the violation of building regulations that could directly impact competition, especially given that the facility's scope and cost suggested the simplified procedure was questionable.