Article 11 Staff

personnel recruited directly by the Agency under fixed-term contracts, selected among nationals of participating Member States. The Council, acting by unanimity, has adopted the regulations applicable to such staff^f1. The Steering Board shall review and amend as necessary those regulations where they empower it to do so.

national experts seconded by participating Member States either to posts within the Agency organisational structure or for specific tasks and projects. The Council, acting by unanimity, has adopted the regulations applicable to such staff^f2. The Steering Board shall review and amend as necessary those regulations, where they empower it to do so.

Union officials seconded to the Agency for a fixed period and/or for specific tasks or projects as required.

personnel of third countries, organisations and entities, who shall be paid by them and with which the Agency has concluded administrative arrangements pursuant to Article 26(1), seconded or posted to the Agency with the agreement of the Steering Board, in accordance with the conditions to be laid down in those arrangements;

contract agents and seconded experts, for the purpose of contributing to the implementation of one or more ad hoc projects or programmes of the Agency referred to in Chapter IV. In such cases, the budgets associated with those ad hoc projects or programmes may cover the basic salaries of the contract agents and the allowances and expenses of the seconded experts concerned.