Article 6 Constitution and composition of the team

Within the limits of the EUSR's mandate and the corresponding financial means made available, the EUSR shall be responsible for constituting a team. The team shall include expertise on specific policy issues as required by the mandate. The EUSR shall keep the Council and the Commission promptly informed of the composition of the team.

Member States and the institutions of the Union may propose the secondment of staff to work with the EUSR. The salary of such seconded personnel shall be covered by the sending authority. Experts seconded by Member States to the institutions of the Union may also be posted to work with the EUSR. International contracted staff shall have the nationality of a Member State.

All seconded personnel shall remain under the administrative authority of the sending authority and shall carry out their duties and act in the interest of the EUSR's mandate.

The EUSR staff shall be co-located with the relevant EEAS department, Union delegation in Tel Aviv and Union Representative Office in Jerusalem in order to ensure the coherence and consistency of their respective activities.