No additional connexity requirement under Art. 8 LFAIE

ATA/172/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative26 mars 1996Not Examined

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Résumé

The decision concerns the interpretation of Art. 8 para. 1 LFAIE in relation to authorizations for the acquisition of real estate by persons abroad. The court held that the provision must be read according to its wording and that Art. 8 para. 1 lit. d LFAIE does not contain an additional requirement that the secured claim be connected to the property pledged as security.

Regest

Art. 8 al. 1 LFAIE; interpretation of lit. d and requirement of a connexity between the claim and the immovable property securing it. The provision is to be interpreted according to its wording. No additional condition can be inferred from the text of art. 8 al. 1 lit. d LFAIE requiring a substantive or functional nexus between the secured claim and the property that guarantees it.

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Descripteurs

BIEN-FONDS; ACQUISITION D'IMMEUBLES PAR DES PERSONNES A L'ETRANGER; AUTORISATION(LFAIE); CREANCE GARANTIE PAR GAGE; EP

Normes

LFAIE.8

Résumé

Il y a lieu d'interpréter l'art. 8 al. 1 LFAIE selon sa lettre et de constater que rien ne permet de tirer de son al. 1 litt. d une condition supplémentaire relative à l'exigence d'un lien de connexité entre la créance et l'immeuble qui la garantit.

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real estate acquisitionforeign personsauthorizationmortgage claimstatutory interpretation