which an SPA was granted to the Applicant. Whereas the Respondent's principal contentions are: 1.The Respondent's decision of 9 July 1987, classifying the post of Chief, AMS, at the P-5 level, does not retroactively apply to the period for which an SPA was granted to the Applicant. 2.Under staff rule 103.11 and the other relevant rules and procedures issued by the Respondent to govern the grant of SPAs, the amount of SPA payable to the Applicant was limited to the salary increase he would have received had he been promoted from P-3 to P-4. The Tribunal, having deliberated from 25 April to 11 May 1990, now pronounces the following judgement: I.The application is directed against the decision by the Respondent to grant the Applicant a special post allowance (SPA) to the P-4 level, instead of an SPA to the P-5 level. II.The Tribunal notes that the Applicant, a staff member at the P-3 level, was designated, effective 19 October 1984, as Officer-in-Charge of the Agricultural Marketing Section (AMS) in the- 8 - Joint ECA/FAO Agriculture Division. He served in that capacity until his separation from service on 14 May 1986 and he was offered an SPA to the P-4 level, for the period during which he had been in charge of that post. III.The Applicant contends that the SPA which had been granted to him should be paid at the P-5 level, in accordance with staff rule 103.11(d), as interpreted by him. IV.The Tribunal observes that staff rule 103.11(d), in force at the time the Applicant was serving as Officer-in-Charge, provided that: "The amount of the special post allowance shall be equivalent to the salary increase ... which the staff member would have received had the staff member been promoted to the level of the post in which he or she is serving."
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to the employment and remuneration of a staff member within an international organization, specifically regarding a special post allowance (SPA) granted to the applicant. The language used is technical and refers to specific rules and procedures governing the grant of SPAs, indicating a bureaucratic or administrative context.

**Category**
Agriculture, forestry and fishing