19The Court has previously held that, in view of the nature of the appraisal report provided for in Article 43 of the Staff Regulations, which expresses the freely drawn-up opinion of the reporting officers and not the assessment of the appointing authority, the lodging of a formal complaint under Article 90(2) of the Staff Regulations is not a necessary prerequisite for the bringing of an action directed against such an act. An action thus lies as from the date on which the appraisal report may be regarded as final (see, to that effect, judgment of 3 July 1980, Grassi v Council, 6/79 and 97/79, EU:C:1980:178, paragraph 15).
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