Conditions for secondment
Article 2
To qualify for secondment to the GSC, experts shall: (1) have worked for their employer on a permanent or contract basis for at least 12 months before their secondment; (2) remain in the service of their employer throughout the period of secondment; (3) have at least three years' full-time experience of administrative, scientific, technical, advisory or supervisory functions relevant to the performance of the duties assigned to them. Before the secondment, the employer shall supply the GSC with a statement of the expert's employment covering the previous 12 months; (4) be nationals of a Member State. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this point, experts who are non-Member State nationals may be seconded from an IGO; in such exceptional cases, the GSC shall ensure that there is no conflict of interest and that the independence and coherence of the GSC policies and activities is safeguarded; (5) have a thorough knowledge of one official language of the Union and a satisfactory knowledge of a second language for the performance of their duties.