Question juridique clé
Whether the five-year period for annulling facilitated naturalization under Art. 41(1) BüG was satisfied by issuing and dispatching the decision, or only by notification to the addressee.
Solution extraite
The annulment decision had to be notified to the applicant within the five-year period; issuance and dispatch alone were insufficient.
Motifs extraits
A time-limited administrative decision becomes effective only upon receipt in the addressee’s sphere of control. Since the annulment decision reached the applicant only after expiry of the five-year period, the power to annul had lapsed.