Expert review of primary and secondary civil service legislation. Some areas, such as salaries or integrity system, may be regulated in detail in separate pieces of legislation, but the CSL should at least make reference to the specific legislation and/or should indicate some basic provisions related to them. The primary legislation must regulate at least the following 12 elements: • vertical and horizontal scope • rights and duties/obligations of civil servants • institutions responsible for the management of the civil service • main criteria for job classification • eligibility criteria to enter in the civil service • merit based recruitment • professional development • merit based career advancement and promotion • integrity measures for civil servants • salaries • disciplinary regime • termination of employment