{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-824/annex/article-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-824/annex/article-28.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/824",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/824 of 15 May 2017 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Union Satellite Centre",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-824",
  "path": "annex/article/28",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "1. Any person to whom these Staff Regulations apply may request the Director to take a decision relating to him in matters covered by these Staff Regulations. The Director shall notify the person concerned of his reasoned decision within two months from the date on which the request was made. If, at the end of that period, no reply to the request has been received, this shall be deemed to constitute an implied decision rejecting it, against which a complaint may be lodged in accordance with the following paragraphs.\n2. Any person to whom these Staff Regulations apply may submit to the Director a complaint against an act adversely affecting him, either where the Director has taken a decision or where he has failed to adopt a measure prescribed by these Staff Regulations. The complaint must be lodged within three months. The period shall start to run:\n(a) on the date of publication of the act if it is a measure of a general nature;\n(b) on the date of the notification of the decision to the person concerned, but in no case later than the date on which the latter received such notification, if the measure affects a specified person; if, however, an act affecting a specified person also contains a complaint against another person, the period shall start to run in respect of that other person on the date on which he receives notification thereof but in no case later than the date of publication;\n(c) on the date of expiry of the period prescribed for reply where the complaint concerns an implied decision rejecting a request as provided for in paragraph 1.\n3. The Director shall notify the person concerned of his reasoned decision within one month from the date on which the complaint was lodged. If, at the end of that period, no reply to the complaint has been received, this shall be deemed to constitute an implied decision rejecting it, against which an appeal may be lodged under paragraph 5.\nIn the event of a negative reply, the staff member may request mediation. Such mediation is not mandatory.\n4. The Director shall appoint a mediator for a renewable period of three years.\nThe mediator shall be a qualified, independent legal expert.\nHe shall be provided by the Director and the staff member concerned with all documents he considers necessary for an examination of the case.\nHe shall submit his conclusions within 15 days of the date on which he has been apprised of the case.\nThose conclusions shall not be binding on either the Director or the staff member.\nThe costs of mediation shall be borne by the SATCEN if the conclusions are refused by the Director; 50 % of the costs shall be borne by the staff member if it is he who refuses to accept the findings.\n5. Having exhausted the possibilities of the first resort (an internal administrative appeal), staff members shall be at liberty to seek a settlement before the SATCEN's Appeals Board.\nThe composition, operation and specific procedures of that body are given in Annex X.\n6. Decisions of the Appeals Board shall be binding on both parties. There shall be no appeal from them. The Appeals Board may:\n(a) annul, or confirm, the decisions complained of;\n(b) order the SATCEN incidentally to compensate any material damage sustained by the staff member starting from the day the annulled decision began to have effect;\n(c) rule further that the SATCEN shall reimburse, within limits to be fixed by the Appeals Board, justified expenses incurred by the claimant, as well as expenses relating to transport and subsistence incurred by witnesses who have been heard. Those expenses shall be calculated on the basis of Article 18 and Annex VII of these Staff Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/824/annex/article/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:30.055725+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}