Judgment No. 596

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 12.04.1984
• Original: French
• Judges: Grisel, Ducoux, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Consideration 3

Extract:

"The rules on reckoning seniority are not among those intended to be inviolate. They do not have any far-reaching effect on the complainant's advancement. [...] Provisions on the conditions of promotion do not create acquired rights for an official, they are subject to amendment, and the staff member may expect them to be amended."

Keywords

acquired right; staff regulations and rules; amendment to the rules; provision; promotion; seniority