Just over a year after the end of the last Bavarian coronavirus protection rules, only a few people in Bavaria have had unjustified fines refunded. By the beginning of February, the district governments had approved 31 such applications, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Munich told the German Press Agency. In total, the Free State has had to pay back around 5300 euros so far. These are fines for violations of exit restrictions at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, which the Federal Administrative Court later declared to be disproportionate and therefore ineffective. In this context, only one application for reimbursement was still outstanding, 638 had been processed.
The corresponding ordinance is not the only corona rule of the Free State that has been challenged by the courts. Last year, for example, the Bavarian Administrative Court declared a quarantine obligation on returning from coronavirus risk areas from 2020 to be invalid with hindsight. However, the ruling is not yet legally binding. The state government has lodged an appeal with the Federal Administrative Court, a date for the hearing there is still pending.
