# Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 of 4 August 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Defence Agency, and repealing Decision 2004/676/EC, Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Annual leave may be taken all at once or in several periods as desired by the staff member and according to the requirements of the service. It must, however, include at least one period of two consecutive weeks. A staff member entering the service shall be granted annual leave only after completing three months' duty; leave may be approved earlier than this in exceptional cases for reasons duly substantiated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/annex/II/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/annex-II/article-2
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