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Board of Appeal rapporteur
E. Fink
Decision-lead on 182 Board of Appeal cases · 2018–2025.
Decisions
182
Appeals dismissed
98
Appeals upheld
24
Reversal rate
19.7%
This rapporteur overturns first-instance decisions 19.7% of the time on substantive appeals, versus a Board-wide average of 24.4% — 4.7pp more likely to affirm.
This rapporteur
19.7%
Dotted line = 24.4% Board average. Based on 122 substantive appeals.
Outcome mix
Appeal dismissed
98
Discontinued / withdrawn
39
Appeal upheld (reversal)
23
Invalidated (total)
8
Appeal inadmissible
6
Application rejected (holder wins)
3
Restitutio refused
3
Appeal partially upheld
1
Other
1
Caseload mix
- Invalidity appeals
- 153
- Other appeals
- 26
- Restitutio in integrum
- 3
- CDR (pre-2025)
- 174
- EUDR (from 2025)
- 2
Most-seen grounds
- Article 25(1)(b)138
- Article 566
- Article 659
- Article 7(1)58
- Article 4(1)39
- Article 6(1)(b)33
Recent decisions led
| Date | Case | Appellant | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | R0097/2025-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-08-22 | R2328/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-08-22 | R2089/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-08-21 | R0651/2025-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-07-22 | R0789/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-07-11 | R1464/2024-3 | applicant | Invalidated (total) |
| 2025-05-12 | R1620/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-05-05 | R0796/2024-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-04-16 | R0029/2022-3 | holder | Appeal upheld (reversal) |
| 2025-03-03 | R0732/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-03-03 | R0131/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-02-14 | R1002/2024-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |
| 2025-01-16 | R0797/2024-3 | holder | Appeal dismissed |
| 2024-12-09 | R2289/2023-3 | applicant | Appeal dismissed |