Question juridique clé
Whether the Federal Administrative Court correctly issued a non-entry decision for failure to file a requested power of attorney.
Solution extraite
Yes. The court was entitled to demand a written power of attorney and, after warning, to decline to hear the appeal when none was filed within the deadline.
Motifs extraits
Under the VwVG, a party may be represented and can be required to prove authority by written power of attorney; if a deadline is set with a warning, only the warned consequence follows. The record showed no timely filing of the requested authorization.