Judgment No. 1720

• Organization: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
• Date: 29.01.1998
• Original: French
• Judges: Gentot, Egli, Barberis
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaints are dismissed.

Consideration 8

Extract:

"A strong line of precedent has it that time limits, though necessary in law, are not supposed to set traps: they are to be applied with the good faith that must govern relations between an international organisation and its staff."

Keywords

procedure before the tribunal; internal appeal; time limit; good faith; written rule; interpretation