55Thus, although a staff report is supposed to be an assessment of the official’s performance throughout the year, there is nothing to prevent the appointing authority from reporting a one-off incident, particularly where, as in the present case, that incident represents an infringement of a clear and specific rule directly derived from the Staff Regulations and where the official concerned, in response to a question from his Director-General as regards compliance with the rules laid down by those regulations, argues, as reported in paragraph 16 above, that he did not think he was required to submit a request for prior permission. In those circumstances, the inclusion of a remark, such as the first contested remark, in a staff report is not only not contrary to any of the provisions of the Staff Regulations, such as Article 43, but may even be regarded as having the legitimate objective of providing a means of warning the person concerned and helping to avoid a repeat of the infringement in question.
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