Questão jurídica principal
Whether the canton had competence to levy a compensation fee for advantages from the clearing permit.
Decisão extraída
The cantons are competent to regulate and levy an appropriate compensation fee for significant advantages arising from clearing permits.
Fundamentação extraída
Article 9 WaG assigns the cantons the task of ensuring appropriate compensation of significant advantages. The federal provision leaves broad discretion and does not reserve the matter exclusively to federal authorities.