Article 4 Recruitment

Offers of employment shall be made by the Director, except in respect of the post of Director. The SATCEN shall be responsible for publishing vacant posts.

When a post is vacant and cannot be filled internally, the vacancy notice shall be advertised stating the duties to be performed and the qualifications for the post.

Staff members shall be appointed by the Director on the basis of merit and through fair and transparent competition procedures.

Candidates must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another such language to the extent necessary for the performance of their duties.

Recruitment of staff members shall be limited to nationals of the Member States of the European Union.

The staff members governed by these Staff Regulations shall be classified in accordance with the categories and grades of the Coordinated Organisations.

Staff members shall be recruited at the lowest step of the grade of the post for which they are selected. However, the Director may grant a higher step where that is justified.

The Director shall determine which posts are to be filled by internal examination procedure or by external competition procedure, and shall lay down the tests which candidates for such posts will be required to take. Examining or selection boards shall be chosen by the Director from among the staff members of the SATCEN, to which he may add an external examiner.

Candidates invited to the SATCEN for interview or examination shall be entitled to a flat-rate contribution towards their travel and accommodation costs.