Key legal question
Whether the appeal had to be declared inadmissible because the required fee advance was not paid within the time limit.
Extracted holding
Yes. Because the first instalment was not paid on time, the appeal had to be declared inadmissible in accordance with the prior warning.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Tribunal noted that the case remained governed by the former OJ, that the proceedings were not free of charge, and that the appellant failed to comply with the payment deadline fixed in the procedural order. It therefore applied Art. 150(4) OJ as warned.