Judgment No. 4641

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 01.02.2023
• Original: English
• Judges: Moore, Rawlins, De Nictolis
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Summary

The complainant challenges the interim results of his job grade evaluation.

Judgment keywords

Keywords

receivability of the complaint; post classification; step in the procedure; complaint dismissed

Consideration 7

Extract:

[T]he complainant has failed to challenge a final decision as required by paragraph 1 of Article VII of the Statute of the Tribunal, which states that “[a] complaint shall not be receivable unless the decision impugned is a final decision and the person concerned has exhausted such other means of redress as are open to her or him under the applicable Staff Regulations”. It is clear that the “decision” contained in the 2 May 2013 letter that the complainant purported to challenge was a mere step towards what eventually became a final challengeable decision of 9 October 2013, which informed him of the outcome of his job evaluation and which he has contested in another internal appeal.

Keywords

receivability of the complaint; final decision; step in the procedure