Judgment No. 3273

• Organization: European Patent Organisation (EPO)
• Date: 05.02.2014
• Original: English
• Judges: Barbagallo, Hansen, Rawlins
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

The complaint is dismissed in its entirety.

Summary

The complainant challenges the decision to place his post in a certain grade group following an allegedly flawed assessment process.

Judgment keywords

Keywords

post classification; complaint dismissed

Consideration 6

Extract:

"The Tribunal has consistently confirmed that an evaluation or classification exercise is based on the technical judgement to be made by those whose training and experience equip them for that task. It is subject to only limited review. The Tribunal cannot, in particular, substitute its own assessment for that of the organisation."

Keywords

decision; post classification; judicial review; discretion; limits