Article 8 Status of EUPOL COPPS staff

Where required, the status of EUPOL COPPS staff, including, where appropriate, the privileges, immunities and further guarantees necessary for the completion and smooth functioning of EUPOL COPPS shall be the subject of an agreement concluded pursuant to Article 37 TEU and in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

The Member State, Union institution or the EEAS having seconded a staff member shall be responsible for answering any claims, from or concerning the staff member, linked to the secondment. The Member State, Union institution in question or the EEAS shall be responsible for bringing any action against the seconded person.