Requirement to issue reasoned decision

Name: Law on Administrative Procedure

Enactment: 25 June 2002, amended as of 2007

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Article 9

A true state of things must be established inthe procedure and, for this purpose, all the facts of importance for taking alegal and proper decision must be fully and properly established.

Article 13

Which facts will be taken as evidence shallbe decided by an authorized official in his own conviction on the basis of athorough and careful assessment of each piece of evidence separately and allpieces of evidence together, as well as on the basis of the results of theentire procedure.

14. Independence in Decision Taking

Article 14

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(2) An authorized official of the authorityresponsible to conduct the procedure shall independently establish facts andcircumstances and, on the basis of the established facts and circumstances,apply provisions or general acts to a particular case.