Complaints
Article 30
Without prejudice to the possibilities for instituting proceedings after taking up a position, under the conditions and time limits laid down in Article 263 TFEU, any expert may submit a complaint to the unit of the Directorate-General for Administration responsible for complaints and requests under the Staff Regulations about an act by the Secretary-General of the Council under this Decision which adversely affects the expert, with the exception of acts which follow directly from decisions taken by the employer. The complaint must be lodged within two months. The period shall run from the date of notification of the decision to the person concerned, but in no case later than the date on which the latter received such notification. The Director-General of Administration shall notify the person concerned of a reasoned decision within four months from the date on which the complaint was lodged. If at the end of that period the expert has not received a reply to the complaint, the complaint shall be deemed to have been implicitly rejected.