Article 53. Content of an administrative act

An administrative act must be legal, justified, fair, clear and understandable.

The administrative act must contain:

1) the name of the administrative act and the date of its adoption;

2) the name and location (postal address) of the administrative body that adopted the administrative act;

3) information about participants in administrative proceedings;

4) description of the issue resolved by the administrative act (descriptive part);

5) substantiation of the administrative act (motivation part);

6) statement of the decision made (operative part);

7) the term and procedure for appealing against an administrative act;

8) the position, name and surname of the official (members of the collegiate body) of the administrative body that adopted the administrative act.

An administrative act adopted on the basis of administrative discretion (discretionary authority) may provide for:

the moment of entry into force, lapse or duration of a certain right or obligation;

an indication of a certain event or condition in the future, which is associated with the entry into force or loss of force of a right or obligation;

a reservation on the preservation of the right of the administrative body to cancel the administrative act or the right to additional orders in the future;

additional orders ordering the addressee to perform, allow or refrain from performing certain actions.