Article 14 Deployment of EU Aid Volunteers in third countries

EU Aid Volunteers included in the database may be deployed to support and complement humanitarian aid, as defined in point (d) of Article 3:

Deployments shall meet the real needs expressed at local level by the hosting organisations.

For deployment as referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1, certified sending organisations shall ensure compliance with the standards and procedures referred to in Article 9. EU Aid Volunteers shall not be deployed to operations conducted in the theatre of international and non-international armed conflicts.

Certified sending organisations shall inform the relevant national authorities of Member States and other participating countries in accordance with Article 23, before one of their citizens is deployed as an EU Aid Volunteer in accordance with the standards and procedures referred to in Article 9.

The specific terms of deployment and the role of EU Aid Volunteers shall be set out, in close consultation with the hosting organisations, in a contract between the sending organisations and EU Aid Volunteers, including the rights and obligations, the duration and location of deployment and the tasks of EU Aid Volunteers.

For deployment as referred to in point (b) of paragraph 1, the Commission shall sign a volunteer deployment contract with EU Aid Volunteers, defining specific terms and conditions of deployment. Volunteer deployment contracts shall not confer upon the volunteer rights and obligations arising from the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68^f1.

Each EU Aid Volunteer shall have a designated mentor from the hosting organisation to supervise and support the EU Aid Volunteer during deployment.