Kernrechtsfrage
Whether a competitor has standing under § 12 VRG to challenge a refusal to take measures under the liquor-trade provisions of the Wirtschaftsgesetz.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The competitor was not affected in its own legal rights; it only had a factual interest in restraining competition.
Extrahierte Begründung
§ 12 VRG requires a legal interest. The liquor-trade provisions in §§ 82 ff. WG are not designed to protect competition, but to pursue social-policy objectives of limiting alcohol consumption. Therefore they confer no competitor protection and cannot ground standing.