Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the old procedural rules still governed the appeal despite the 2007 revision of federal judicial law
Decisione estratta
Because the first-instance mutual legal assistance decision was issued before 1 January 2007, the appeal remained subject to the former procedural rules.
Motivazione estratta
The transitional rule in Art. 110b IRSG applies to first-instance decisions rendered before the revision's entry into force.