Question juridique clé
Whether the federal appeal is admissible despite failure to pay the advance on costs within the set time limit.
Solution extraite
No. Because the advance on costs was not paid in time, the appeal had to be declared inadmissible.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 62 para. 3 LTF, failure to pay the advance within the deadline results in inadmissibility; the matter was decided by a single judge under Art. 108 para. 1 lit. a LTF.