Judgment No. 1800

• Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Date: 28.01.1999
• Original: French
• Judges: Ba, Gentot, Egli
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaints are dismissed.

Consideration 8

Extract:

"The complainants' [...] plea is that the sole purpose of the change in the rules on the [post adjustment] index [decided by the ICSC] was to save money. The Tribunal need only quote the reply it gave to that argument in Judgment 1776: 'If the new method is lawful the fact that applying it saves member States money cannot in itself be a flaw.' And the evidence suggests no misuse of authority by the [ICSC], which, against the odds, tries to find from time to time objective criteria for reckoning post adjustment throughout the common system."

Reference(s)

ILOAT Judgment(s): 1776

Keywords

icsc decision; case law; member state; amendment to the rules; reckoning; salary; post adjustment; budgetary reasons; misuse of authority; right; official; abuse of power