Judgment No. 571
Decision
THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.
Consideration 4
Extract:
"It is not for the Tribunal to interpret the text of the guideline. The [Staff] Regulation leaves it to the discretion of the President to determine the number of years [of professional experience] so long as he has regard to the guideline. [...] He is entitled to have regard to the fact that the interpretation [put on it], whether right or wrong, has been applied consistently since the first staff were recruited and it cannot now be changed without causing injustice."
Keywords
competence; competence of tribunal; practice; administrative instruction; interpretation; professional experience; discretion; executive head
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