85 (1) A bargaining agent or an employer may present a policy grievance no later than 35 days after the earlier of the day on which it received notification and the day on which it had knowledge of any act, omission or other matter giving rise to the policy grievance.

The Civil Service Tribunal moreover considered — in paragraph 38 of the judgment under appeal — that the fact that, in rejecting the complaint, the AECE, while upholding the decision not to renew the applicant’s contract, thus departed from the statement of reasons contained in the decision of 15 October 2010 and instead adopted other reasons, cannot, of itself, render the non-renewal decision illegal, since the whole point of the complaint procedure is to allow review by the AECE of the contested decision in the light of the grievances put forward by the complainant, where appropriate modifying the reasons serving to support its operati ...[+++]ve part.

Whereas, however, in accordance with Article 19 (1) of Regulation No 17 and with the rights of defence, the undertakings and associations of undertakings concerned must have the right on conclusion of the inquiry to submit their comments on the whole of the objections raised against them which the Commission proposes to deal with in its decisions;

Whereas, however, in accordance with Article 26 (1) of Regulation No 1017/68 and with the rights of defence, the undertakings and associations of undertakings concerned must have the right on conclusion of the procedure to submit their comments on the whole of the objections raised against them which the Commission proposes to deal with in its decisions;