Key legal question
Whether the Geneva Service des contraventions could validly notify the penalty orders to Romania by post under the relevant convention and protocol.
Extracted holding
Yes. The service was treated as a judicial authority for direct postal service under the Swiss declaration to the Second Additional Protocol, not as an administrative authority.
Extracted reasoning
The Court interpreted the treaty declarations functionally: the cantonal service had power to prosecute and decide petty offences, so it fell within the category of authorities entitled to send procedural acts directly abroad.