EUAVSEC-South Sudan shall consist primarily of staff seconded by Member States, Union institutions or the European External Action Service (EEAS). Each Member State or Union institution, or EEAS 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.

The State or Union institution, or EEAS having seconded a member of staff shall be responsible for answering any claims linked to the secondment, from or concerning the member of staff and for bringing any action against the seconded person.

International and local staff shall be recruited on a contractual basis by the EUAVSEC-South Sudan if the functions required are not provided by personnel seconded by Member States. Exceptionally, in duly justified cases, where no qualified applications from Member States are available, nationals from participating third States may be recruited on a contractual basis, as appropriate.

The conditions of employment and the rights and obligations of international and local staff shall be laid down in the contracts between the Head of Mission and the members of staff.