Notification of the administrative act

(1) With the user's consent, an electronic administrative act may be notified by being retrieved by the user or their authorised representative, over publicly accessible networks, from that person's mailbox under section 2(7), which forms part of a user account under section 2(5). Consent under sentence 1 is deemed to have been given unless the user excludes electronic notification via a mailbox within the meaning of section 2(7) when making use of an electronic administrative service. The authority must ensure that retrieval is possible only after authentication of the authorised person, and that the electronic administrative act can be stored by that person. The administrative act is deemed to have been notified on the fourth day after it is made available for retrieval. In case of doubt, the authority must prove, for the deemed-notification effect to apply, that the act was made available and the point in time of that availability. The user or their authorised representative is notified, at the latest on the day the act is made available for retrieval, of the possibility of retrieval, at the address they have specified for this purpose. Where retrieval takes place before a renewed notification of the administrative act, the day of the first retrieval remains decisive for receipt.
(2) The Federal Government shall report to the German Bundestag and the Bundesrat, by 10 December 2025 at the latest, on practical experience with notification of the administrative act via the mailbox.