Judgment No. 275

• Organization: International Patent Institute (IPI)
• Date: 12.04.1976
• Original: French
• Judges: Letourneur, Grisel, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE DECISIONS OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF 12 DECEMBER 1974 ARE QUASHED.

Considerations

Extract:

The Tribunal notes that the decisions of the Director-General were not promotions but reclassifications following the entry into force of the new Staff Regulations. These reclassifications "having been delayed for reasons for which the staff members are not responsible should be put into effect at the date on which the complainants took up their duties but, like the Staff Regulations themselves, not before 1 January 1971".

Keywords

decision; effective date; delay; staff regulations and rules; amendment to the rules; enforcement; provision; post classification; date

Considerations

Extract:

"It is not necessary to consider whether the internal time limit was respected since the Appeals Committee decided on the merits."

Keywords

receivability of the complaint; internal appeals body; internal appeal; mistaken hearing of merits; time limit; time bar