Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal insurance court could set appeal costs below the CHF 200 minimum under Art. 69(1bis) IVG.
Solution extraite
No. Art. 69(1bis) IVG fixes a binding court-fee range of CHF 200 to CHF 1,000; a reduction below the minimum is only possible if cantonal law provides for fee waiver conditions, which were not applied here.
Motifs extraits
The wording of Art. 69(1bis) sentence 2 IVG is clear, and the legislative materials confirm that Parliament intended to impose a mandatory cost framework for first-instance cantonal social-insurance courts in IV cases.