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.