Article 27

Any failure by a serving or former contract staff member to comply with his or her obligations under these Staff Regulations, whether intentionally, or through negligence on his or her part, shall make that contract staff member liable to disciplinary action.

Where the Director becomes aware of evidence of failure within the meaning of paragraph 1, the Director may launch administrative investigations to verify whether such failure has occurred.

Rules on administrative investigations and disciplinary proceedings and measures are laid down in Annex IX.