# 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 8

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

1. The posts covered by these Staff Regulations shall be classified, according to the nature and importance of the duties to which they relate, in an administrators' function group (hereinafter ‘AD’), an assistants' function group (hereinafter ‘AST’) and a secretaries and clerks' function group (hereinafter ‘AST/SC’).
2. Function group AD shall comprise twelve grades, corresponding to administrative, advisory, linguistic and scientific duties. Function group AST shall comprise eleven grades, corresponding to executive, technical and clerical duties. Function group AST/SC shall comprise six grades, corresponding to clerical and secretarial duties.
3. Appointment shall require at least:
(a) in function groups AST and AST/SC:
(i) a level of post-secondary education attested by a diploma;
(ii) a level of secondary education attested by a diploma giving access to post-secondary education, and appropriate professional experience of at least three years; or
(iii) where justified in the interests of the service, professional training or professional experience of an equivalent level;
(b) in function group AD for grades 5 and 6:
(i) a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies of at least three years attested by a diploma; or
(ii) where justified in the interests of the service, professional training of an equivalent level;
(c) in function group AD for grades 7 to 16:
(i) a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more;
(ii) a level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and appropriate professional experience of at least one year when the normal period of university education is at least three years; or
(iii) where justified in the interests of the service, professional training of an equivalent level.
4. A table showing types of posts is given in Annex VI. By reference to that table, the AACC may define the duties and powers attaching to each type of post after consulting the Staff Committee.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/article-8
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