Judgment_paragraph 23 · Maria Concetta Cerafogli and Paolo Poloni v European Central Bank (T-63/02)

23In that same context, account must also be taken of the fact that consultation of the Staff Committee amounts merely to a right to be heard. Consequently, it is one of the most modest forms of participation in a decision-making process, since in no circumstances does it involve any obligation for the administration to act upon the observations made by the Staff Committee in the course of the consultation. That being so, unless it is to undermine the effectiveness of the obligation to consult, the administration must comply with that obligation whenever consultation of the Staff Committee is such as to have an influence on the substance of the measure to be adopted (see, to that effect, Case T-192/99 Dunnett and Others v EIB [2001] ECR II-813, paragraph 90).