Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the land acquisition financing constituted an acquisition subject to LAFE authorization.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The lower authorities had not sufficiently investigated whether the foreign financing and repayment structure created a position analogous to ownership and therefore required authorization.
Extrahierte Begründung
Because the debt had been reduced between the earlier and later transactions, the real foreign financing may have exceeded two-thirds of the purchase price; under Arts. 4 and 22 LAFE, the authorities had to clarify the source of funds and the dependence created by the financing.