Judgment_paragraph 8 · H v Council of the European Union and Others (C-455/14 P)

8Article 7 of that decision, headed ‘EUPM staff’, provides:‘…2. [The] EUPM shall consist primarily of staff members seconded by Member States or EU institutions. Each Member State or EU institution shall bear the costs related to any of the staff seconded by it, including travel expenses to and from the place of deployment, salaries, medical coverage and allowances other than applicable daily allowances, as well as hardship and risk allowances.3. International civilian staff and local staff may also be recruited by [the] EUPM, as required, on a contractual basis, if the functions required are not provided by personnel seconded by Member States. …4. All staff shall abide by the Mission-specific minimum security operating standards and the Mission security plan supporting the EU field security policy. As regards the protection of EU classified information with which staff are entrusted in the course of their duties, all staff shall respect the security principles and minimum standards established by the Council Decision 2001/264/EC of 19 March 2001 adopting [the] Council’s security regulations [OJ 2001 L 101, p. 1] ...’