Question juridique clé
Whether the cost order for the competition-law investigation had a sufficient legal basis.
Solution extraite
Article 4 of the Federal Act on Measures to Improve the Federal Budget provided a sufficient legal basis for fees under the KG fee ordinance.
Motifs extraits
The statutory delegation covered fees for first-instance administrative proceedings generally; the ordinance did not exceed the delegated framework despite the open wording on 'appropriate fees'.