THE REGULATION WAS TO REARRANGE THE CAREER BRACKETS FOR LANGUAGE STAFF IN SO FAR AS THE L/A 6 - L/A 5 CAREER BRACKET ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' ' THE FORMER CAREER BRACKET ' ' ) WAS ABOLISHED TO FORM NEW CAREER BRACKETS WHICH ARE L/A 7 - L/A 6 AND L/A 5 - L/A 4 . PROMOTION FROM GRADE L/A 6 TO GRADE L/A 5 , WHICH PREVIOUSLY WAS PROMOTION WITHIN THE SAME CAREER BRACKET , THUS BECAME PROMOTION FROM ONE CAREER BRACKET TO ANOTHER .
3 THE PROBLEMS OF ADJUSTMENT RESULTING FROM THAT REARRANGEMENT WERE CONSIDERED BY THE HEADS OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AT THEIR 116TH MEETING HELD ON 30 OCTOBER 1978 . WHERE THE FORMER CAREER BRACKETS WERE CONCERNED THE HEADS OF ADMINISTRATION THOUGHT THAT OFFICIALS COULD STILL BE PROMOTED , IN THE THEN CURRENT BUDGET YEAR AND WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 , UNDER THE RULES APPLICABLE BEFORE THE NEW REGULATION CAME INTO FORCE IF ON THE AFORESAID DATE OFFICIALS HAD THE SENIORITY REQUIRED , WHILST THE PROMOTION OF OFFICIALS TO THE NEW CAREER BRACKET WOULD BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW RULES . THE HEADS OF ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDED THAT THOSE RULES BE APPLIED IN THE SAME WAY IN ALL THE INSTITUTIONS .
4 THE COMMISSION IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE NECESSARY STEPS TO PUT THAT RECOMMENDATION INTO EFFECT , BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IN QUESTION . IN THE CASE OF OFFICIALS ON THE LANGUAGE STAFF ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION FROM GRADE L/A 6 TO GRADE L/A 5 IN THE ' ' FORMER CAREER BRACKET ' ' THE COMMISSION FORMED AN ' ' AD HOC COMMITTEE ' ' COMPOSED IN THE SAME WAY AS THE PROMOTION COMMITTEE FOR THE LANGUAGE STAFF . BY A MEMORANDUM OF 4 DECEMBER 1978 THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRANSLATION , DOCUMENTATION , REPRODUCTION AND LIBRARY DIRECTORATE , IX/D , SUBMITTED TO THAT GROUP A LIST TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSAL TO PROMOTE 21 OFFICIALS SELECTED FROM 184 CANDIDATES FULFILLING THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS . THE AD HOC COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO RECOMMEND THE PROMOTION OF THE OFFICIALS PROPOSED .
5 THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY ACCEPTED THAT PROPOSAL AND THE OFFICIALS CONCERNED WERE CONSEQUENTLY PROMOTED WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JANUARY 1978 . THAT DECISION WAS PUBLISHED IN ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICES NO 225 OF THE COMMISSION OF 15 FEBRUARY 1979 .
6 ON 26 MARCH 1979 THE APPLICANT LODGED A COMPLAINT WITH THE COMMISSION AGAINST THOSE DECISIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 90 ( 2 ) OF THE STAFF REGULATIONS . ON 27 AUGUST 1979 THE COMMISSION INFORMED THE APPLICANT THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO GIVE HIM A FAVOURABLE REPLY . IT IS AGAINST BOTH THOSE DECISIONS TO REJECT HIS COMPLAINT , THE FIRST IMPLIED AND THE SECOND EXPRESS , THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MADE HIS APPLICATION WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD .
7 IN SUPPORT OF THAT APPLICATION THE APPLICANT MAKES TWO SUBMISSIONS . THE FIRST , PRESENTED AS THE MAIN ARGUMENT , IS PRIMARILY BASED ON THE RULES CONCERNING THE