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Board of Appeal rapporteur
C. Negro
Decision-lead on 113 Board of Appeal cases · 2018–2025.
Decisions
113
Appeals dismissed
60
Appeals upheld
14
Reversal rate
18.9%
This rapporteur overturns first-instance decisions 18.9% of the time on substantive appeals, versus a Board-wide average of 24.4% — 5.5pp more likely to affirm.
This rapporteur
18.9%
Dotted line = 24.4% Board average. Based on 74 substantive appeals.
Outcome mix
Appeal dismissed
60
Discontinued / withdrawn
21
Appeal inadmissible
13
Appeal upheld (reversal)
13
Invalidated (total)
4
Appeal partially upheld
1
Application rejected (holder wins)
1
Caseload mix
- Invalidity appeals
- 107
- Other appeals
- 6
- Restitutio in integrum
- 0
- CDR (pre-2025)
- 112
- EUDR (from 2025)
- 0
Most-seen grounds
- Article 25(1)(b)79
- Article 7(1)49
- Article 538
- Article 638
- Article 4(1)25
- Article 6(1)20
Recent decisions led
| Date | Case | Appellant | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | R0145/2025-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-09-18 | R0054/2025-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-09-04 | R2405/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-05-27 | R0181/2025-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-05-21 | R2322/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-05-19 | R1546/2022-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-05-15 | R1517/2024-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-05-15 | R1518/2024-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-03-19 | R1330/2022-3 | applicant | Appeal partially upheld |
| 2025-02-24 | R1135/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-02-03 | R0921/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2024-12-11 | R1434/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal upheld (reversal) |
| 2024-11-28 | R0889/2024-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2024-11-26 | R2491/2020-3 | holder | Appeal upheld (reversal) |