Key legal question
Whether the administrative appeal was admissible despite non-payment of the advance of costs within the time limit.
Extracted holding
No. Because the advance was not paid after proper notice and publication, the appeal had to be declared inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
The case was still governed by the former OJ since the attacked judgment predated the entry into force of the LTF. As the dispute did not concern insurance benefits, proceedings were not free. After the court ordered an advance of costs and warned of non-entry, and because the order had to be published when ordinary service failed, non-payment within the deadline triggered art. 150(4) OJ.