Judgment No. 617

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 05.06.1984
• Original: French
• Judges: Grisel, Ducoux, Gros Espiell
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Consideration 1

Extract:

"Nor is the [organisation] liable for a direct and inevitable consequence of the protocol and the agreement. The complainant may not have been aware of what the texts said [...] but the administration cannot on that account be held liable for failing to give him express warning of his tax liability. It is obvious that tax liability depends not on warnings or information from the personnel office but on the [organisation's] official agreements with States."

Keywords

organisation; duty to inform; headquarters agreement; privileges and immunities