EUPOL COPPS Staff
Article 7
1. The numbers and competence of EUPOL COPPS staff shall be consistent with the mission statement set out in Article 2 and the structure set out in Article 4. 2. EUPOL COPPS staff shall consist primarily of staff seconded by Member States, Union institutions or the EEAS. Each Member State, Union institution or the EEAS shall bear the costs related to any of the staff seconded by it, including salaries, medical coverage, travel expenses to and from the Mission area, and allowances other than applicable daily allowances, as well as hardship and risk allowances. 3. EUPOL COPPS may also recruit international or local staff on a contractual basis, if the functions required are not provided by personnel seconded by Member States, Union institutions or the EEAS. 4. The conditions of employment and the rights and obligations of international and local staff shall be laid down in contracts to be concluded between EUPOL COPPS and the staff member concerned. 5. Third States may also, as appropriate, second Mission staff. Each seconding third State shall bear the costs related to any of the staff seconded by it, including salaries, medical coverage, allowances, high-risk insurance and travel expenses to and from the Mission area.