16.7 Should the Performance Management and Development System rating on the basis of which a salary increment has been withheld be upgraded at a later stage as a result of the rebuttal process described in this section, and should the new rating justify the award of the salary increment, that increment shall be awarded and made effective as from the date on which it would have otherwise been paid.
Si l &apos; appréciation de la performance ayant motivé la retenue de l &apos; augmentation périodique de traitement vient à être relevée au terme de la procédure de contestation organisée par la section 15 ci-dessus et si la nouvelle appréciation justifie l &apos; octroi de l &apos; augmentation, celle-ci est accordée à compter de la date à laquelle elle aurait normalement dû prendre effet.