Judgment_paragraph 35 · (publication by extracts) Dana Mocová v European Commission (T-347/12 P)

35That view is also supported by the consideration that the supplementary argument, at the time of the decision to reject the complaint, is in accordance with the purpose of Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (the ‘Staff Regulations’), under the terms of which the decision on the complaint is itself to be reasoned. This provision necessarily implies, in effect, that the authority required to rule on the complaint is not bound solely by the reasons for the decision that is the subject of the complaint, which may be inadequate or non-existent in the case of an implied rejection decision (Case T‑283/08 P Longinidis v Cedefop [2011] ECR-SC, paragraph 72).