Judgment No. 3358

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 09.07.2014
• Original: French
• Judges: Rouiller, Ba, Frydman
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Summary

The complainant, who has dual nationality, impugns the cessation of the payment of an education allowance on the ground that he was a national of the country in which he served.

Judgment keywords

Keywords

complaint allowed; education expenses

Consideration 6

Extract:

"The decision to cease paying the education allowance would be open to criticism only if it had violated acquired rights or a legitimate expectation the complainant might have had that the previous situation would be maintained."

Keywords

acquired right; legitimate expectation