Judgment No. 850

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 10.12.1987
• Original: French
• Judges: Ducoux, Carroll, Pescatore
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations 9 and 11

Extract:

The complainant claims that useful experience he gained doing scientific work before receiving the academic degree on the strength of which he was appointed to the Office should count. That degree "is the qualification that determines what prior experience shall count. [...] The complainant may not avail himself of the opportunities provided by the [new] guidelines in favour of staff members who have been admitted as exceptional cases on the strength of their practical experience. The appointment of such staff members presupposes in each case a specific assessment of their experience, and no such assessment is made for university graduates."

Keywords

equal treatment; administrative instruction; terms of appointment; professional experience; reckoning; seniority; degree; date