Mandated staff
Article 5
1. Only staff authorised on the basis of a nominative mandate conferred to them by the Director-General for Human Resources and Security, given their current duties, may be entrusted with the power to take one or several of the following measures: (1) Carry side arms; (2) Conduct security inquiries as referred to in Article 13; (3) Take security measures as referred to in Article 12 as specified in the mandate. 2. The mandates referred to in paragraph 1 shall be conferred for a duration which shall not exceed the period during which the person concerned hold the post or function in respect of which the mandate has been conferred. They shall be conferred in compliance with the applicable provisions set out in Article 3(1). 3. As regards mandated staff, this Decision constitutes a service instruction within the meaning of Article 21 of the Staff Regulations.