Judgment No. 740

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 17.03.1986
• Original: French
• Judges: Grisel, Ducoux, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Consideration 1

Extract:

"The Council's 'guidelines', inasmuch as they set objective and binding criteria and do not offer mere guidance, are binding on the President insofar as they do not allow him discretionary authority."

Keywords

decision; general decision; administrative instruction; enforcement; discretion; executive head; executive body; binding character