union official
as defined in Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on…, Article 2, point (4) (Definitions)
a person who is: (a)a member of an institution, body, office or agency of the Union and the staff of such bodies shall be assimilated to Union officials. (b)an official or other servant engaged under contract by the Union within the meaning of the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (the ‘Staff Regulations’); (c)seconded to the Union by a Member State or by any public or private body, who carries out functions equivalent to those performed by Union officials or other servants.