Judgment No. 4557

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 06.07.2022
• Original: French
• Judges: Frydman, Jaumotte, Gascon
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Summary

The complainant impugns the rejection of his request for a certificate from the medical adviser of the European Patent Office attesting to his efforts to obtain his old medical file.

Judgment keywords

Keywords

competence of tribunal; medical certificate; complaint dismissed

Consideration 3

Extract:

[T]he Tribunal has consistently dismissed complaints that do not specifically allege a non-observance of the terms of appointment or the applicable staff regulations as referred to in Article II, paragraph 5, of its Statute (see, for example, Judgments 4317, consideration 4, and 4458, consideration 6).

Reference(s)

ILOAT Judgment(s): 4317, 4458

Keywords

competence of tribunal

Consideration 5

Extract:

The complainant has requested an oral hearing. However, in view of the Tribunal’s lack of jurisdiction, which he could not effectively have challenged, this request must be dismissed as being without object.

Keywords

competence of tribunal; oral proceedings