Judgment No. 2381

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 02.02.2005
• Original: French
• Judges: Gentot, Ba, Rouiller
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Consideration 3

Extract:

"[I]t is essential that both salaries and pensions be paid punctually and in full, if only on account of the precise commitments which beneficiaries may have to honour at the end or the beginning of each month. It would be unacceptable for the Tribunal, when dealing with a complaint of this kind, to take shelter - as the defendant has suggested - behind the principle of de minimis non curat praetor in order to dismiss the matter because it concerns apparently trifling amounts. That would be conceivable only if the Statute of the Tribunal included a provision whereby cases were subject to a prior selection process according to the magnitude of the interests at stake, which is not the case."

Keywords

procedure before the tribunal; complaint; grounds; amount; organisation's duties; iloat statute; provision; salary; pension; date; payment

Consideration 5

Extract:

"[I]t is for complainants to put forward specific arguments in support of their complaints, concisely and precisely, so that the Tribunal may rule on their claims in full knowledge of the facts."

Keywords

complaint; claim; duty to substantiate decision; complainant; judgment of the tribunal