Expert review of primary and secondary legislation laying down the conditions for the termination of employment of senior civil servants (not demotion). Experts verify that legislation does not allow for the dismissal of senior civil servants for any reasons other than termination of the appointment period, disciplinary or judiciary procedures, recurrent negative performance appraisal, redundancy due to restructuring or downsizing processes, or other criteria, if they are objective. (As a rule, the dismissal should not take place before the expiry of the minimum time period of 1.5 assessment cycles from the start of the assessment that resulted in the first negative appraisal, but the total period should not be shorter than 12 months.)