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Revision admitted on state broadcasting law and advertising revenue confiscation

BVerwG 6 B 11/11, 6 B 11/11 (6 C 22/11)Bverwg / Division 6Jul 1, 2011Granted

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The Federal Administrative Court allowed the complaint and admitted the revision because the case presents a question of fundamental importance. At issue is whether, under federal constitutional law, a state broadcasting statute may require the disgorgement of advertising revenue earned from a broadcast that is alleged to be unlawful. The court held that its case law had not yet sufficiently clarified the constitutional requirements for such a rule. It also fixed the costs and provisional value of the proceedings under the GKG.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; revision admissibility for fundamental importance in state broadcasting law: Revision is to be admitted where the case raises a previously unresolved question of federal constitutional law whose clarification may be advanced by the revisional proceedings. A provision of Land broadcasting law that provides for the disgorgement of advertising revenue attributable to a broadcast objected to as unlawful may give rise to such a question if the constitutional requirements for this type of revenue clawback have not yet been sufficiently clarified in the court’s jurisprudence (consid. 1). Costs and the provisional value of the matter are to be determined under the GKG provisions cited (consid. 2).

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BVerwG — 6 B 11/11, 6 B 11/11 (6 C 22/11), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2011-07-01

Aktenzeichen: 6 B 11/11, 6 B 11/11 (6 C 22/11)

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 132 Abs 2 Nr 1 VwGO

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin-Brandenburg, 2. Dezember 2010, Az: OVG 11 B 35.08, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 6. Senat

Titelzeile

Revisionszulassung; Landesrundfunkrecht; Abschöpfung von Werbeeinnahmen

Gründe

1 Die Revision ist gemäß § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung des Rechtsstreits zuzulassen. Das angestrebte Revisionsverfahren kann zur Beantwortung der bisher in der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts nicht ausreichend geklärten Frage beitragen, welche Anforderungen Bundesverfassungsrecht an eine Regelung des Landesrundfunkrechts stellt, die die Abschöpfung von Werbeeinnahmen vorsieht, die auf eine als rechtswidrig zu beanstandende Sendung entfallen.

2 Die Streitwertfestsetzung für das Beschwerdeverfahren folgt aus § 47 Abs. 1 Satz 2 und Abs. 3 i.V.m. § 52 Abs. 2 und Abs. 3 GKG; die vorläufige Streitwertfestsetzung beruht auf § 47 Abs. 1 und 3, § 52 Abs. 2 und Abs. 3 GKG i.V.m. § 63 Abs. 1 Satz 1 GKG.

Keywords

revision admissibilityfundamental importancebroadcasting lawadvertising revenueconstitutional lawdisgorgementcosts

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether revision should be admitted for fundamental importance under Section 132(2)(1) VwGO in a case about state broadcasting law and confiscation of advertising revenue.

Extracted holding

Yes. The case raises an unresolved question of federal constitutional law concerning the requirements for a state broadcasting rule that provides for the disgorgement of advertising revenue attributable to an unlawfully criticised broadcast.

Extracted reasoning

The subject matter had not been sufficiently clarified in the court's prior case law, and the proposed revision could contribute to answering the constitutional question.

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