Article 168
1. Any person to whom these Staff Regulations apply may submit to the AACC a request that it takes a decision relating to him. The AACC shall notify the person concerned of its reasoned decision within four 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 paragraph 2. 2. Any person to whom these Staff Regulations apply may submit to the AACC a complaint against an act adversely affecting him, either where the said authority has taken a decision or where it 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: — on the date of publication of the act if it is a measure of a general nature, — on 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, 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, — 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. The AACC shall notify the person concerned of its reasoned decision within four months 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 Article 170.