Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Tierversuchskommission and its members could act as opposing parties before the Federal Court
Decisão extraída
They were not formal opposing parties; they could only participate as additional participants because they lacked a federal right of appeal and were not personally specially affected.
Fundamentação extraída
Only persons with standing under Art. 89 BGG may be parties. The commission had only a canton-based participation and appeal role; its members had no personal protected interest in the Federal Court proceeding.