Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the administrative federal appeal in a mutual legal assistance case was filed within the legal time limit
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The appeal period ran without interruption by court holidays and expired on 17 January 2005; the filing on 29 January 2005 was late.
Extrahierte Begründung
In mutual legal assistance matters, the rules on suspension of deadlines do not apply under Art. 12(2) IRSG. The 30-day time limit under the OG therefore began with service on 17 December 2004, was not suspended during the court holidays, and could not be extended because it is a statutory period.