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1. Joint undertakings shall, within one year following the date of entry into force of this Regulation, operate back office arrangements by concluding service level agreements, unless specified otherwise in Part Two and subject to the need to guarantee an equivalent level of protection of the Union’s financial interest when entrusting budgetary implementation tasks to joint undertakings. Such arrangements shall include at least the following areas, subject to confirmation of viability and following screening of resources:

(a) human resource support;

(b) legal support;

(c) information and communication technologies;

(d) accounting (excluding treasury);

(e) communication;

(f) logistics, events and meeting room management;

(g) support for audit and anti-fraud strategy.

2. The back office arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided by one or more selected joint undertakings to all others. Interrelated arrangements shall be kept within the same joint undertaking to the extent appropriate for efficient and effective implementation of the tasks concerned in order to ensure a coherent organisational structure.

3. The service level agreements referred to in paragraph 1 shall enable the transfer of appropriations or the recovery of costs for the provision of the common services between the joint undertakings.

4. Without prejudice to the reassignment to other tasks within the joint undertaking, or to other administrative arrangements, which do not impact contracts of employment, staff assigned to the functions transferred for the purpose of the back office arrangements, hosted by another joint undertaking, may be transferred to that joint undertaking. Where a member of the staff concerned expresses his or her refusal in writing, the contract of that member of staff may be terminated by the joint undertaking under the conditions referred to in Article 47 of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Union, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 () (CEOS).

5. Staff referred to in paragraph 4, who are transferred to the joint undertaking hosting the back office arrangements, shall keep the same type of contract and function group and grade, and shall be deemed to have served their entire service in that joint undertaking.