The Tribunal also deemed DIH 's request for compensation to be an abuse of the submission procedure and fined the association 10,000 FF . 2.4 On 18 August 1999 , DIH filed an appeal before the Administrative Court of Appeal in Paris ( Cour administrative d'appel de Paris ) on the grounds that the Tribunal had failed to provide a rationale for its verdict ; that it had failed to consider the complainants ' arguments invoking the principles of unkept promises and reasonable expectations ; and that it had mistaken its symbolic request for 60,000,000 FF ( 1 Franc per French citizen ) for an abuse of the system .