Judgment No. 1203

• Organization: European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)
• Date: 15.07.1992
• Original: English
• Judges: Carroll, Douglas, Ruda
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINTS ARE DISMISSED.

Considerations 2-3

Extract:

The complainants went on strike and the organisation sent them an "open letter" and individual letters drawing their attention to their obligations under the rules. Those are the letters they impugn. According to Article VII(1) of the Tribunal's Statute what a complainant is required to impugn is a "decision". "As was held in Judgment 112, a plea to quash may be directed only against a decision, that is, 'an act deciding a question in a specific case'. And in Judgment 532 the Tribunal construed the term to mean 'any action by an officer of the organisation that has a legal effect'. In sum, a decision is any act by the defendant organisation that has an effect on an official's rights and obligations." In this case "the Tribunal finds nothing in either the individual letters or the open one that it may properly construe as a 'decision' within the above definition."

Reference(s)

ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII(1) OF THE STATUTE
ILOAT Judgment(s): 112, 532

Keywords

decision; absence of final decision; receivability of the complaint; cause of action; case law; application for quashing; definition