Judgment No. 3057

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 08.02.2012
• Original: English
• Judges: Gaudron, Barbagallo, Hansen
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. The decision of the President of the Office dated 18 June 2009 is set aside to the extent that it rejected the recommendation of the Internal Appeals Committee for payment in lieu of an extra 1.6 days' annual leave.
2. The EPO shall pay the complainant for 1.6 extra days calculated by reference to the adjusted salary scales and allowances, including education allowance, together with interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum from the date of the complainant's cessation of service until the date of payment.
3. It shall pay the complainant moral damages in the sum of 500 euros.
4. It shall also pay him costs in the sum of 250 euros.
5. The complaints are otherwise dismissed.

Consideration 2

Extract:

"[T]he complainant seeks an oral hearing. However, the essential facts are not in dispute and the outcome turns on the meaning and effect of the applicable provisions of the Service Regulations. Accordingly, the application for an oral hearing is refused."

Keywords

oral proceedings

Judgment keywords

Keywords

complaint allowed; decision quashed; annual leave; sick leave