L 327/10 Official Journal of the European Union 13.12.2007 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 5 December 2007 concerning the rules applicable to national experts and military staff on secondment to the General Secretariat of the Council and repealing Decision 2003/479/EC (2007/829(EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (4) Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28(1) thereof, The rights and obligations of SNEs and seconded military staff set out in this Decision should ensure that they carry out their duties solely in the interests of the GSC. (5)  In view of the temporary nature of their work and their particular status, SNEs and seconded military staff should Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European not t.ake frisponlsjlll?llity on behilf of the tGSE foa the Community and in particular Article 207(2) thereof, exercise of 1is pulbic 'aw prerogatives, except where dero- ’ gations are laid down in this Decision. Whereas: (6)  This Decision should set out all the conditions of employment of SNEs and seconded military staff and be applicable regardless of the origin of the budgetary (1) Seconded national experts (hereinafter referred to as appropriations used to cover the expenditure. SNEs) and seconded national military staff (hereinafter referred to as seconded military staff) should enable the General Secretariat of the Council (hereinafter referred to as the GSC) to benefit from their high level of knowledge 233}1})‘:5&62;2;?2 (:gie?eearécﬂe, tlr:/alzﬁ rgizular in areas where (7) Special provision should moreover be made for military P Y ’ staff seconded to the GSC to form the European Union Military Staff. (2)  This Decision should foster the exchange of professional experience and knowledge of European policies by temporarily assigning experts from Member States’ . . . . public administrations or from international organi- ®)  Since these rules replace those laid down in Council sations to the GSC Decision 2003/479[EC ("), that Decision should be ’ repealed without prejudice to its continuing application to all secondments taking place at the time of entry into force of this Decision, (3) SNEs should be drawn from PUbliC administrations in (") OJ L 160, 28.6.2003, p. 72. Decision as last amended by Decision Member States or from international organisations. 2007/456/EC (O] L 173, 3.7.2007, p. 27).