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Article 24 of Legge No 240 – Norme in materia di organizzazione delle università, di personale accademico e reclutamento, nonché delega al Governo per incentivare la qualità e l’efficienza del sistema universitario (Law No 240 – Provisions on the organisation of universities, academic staff and recruitment, as well as the power granted to the Government to encourage the quality and efficiency of the university system) of 30 December 2010 (Ordinary Supplement to GURI No 10 of 14 January 2011; ‘Law No 240/2010’), entitled ‘Fixed-term researchers’, provides: ‘1. Depending on the resources available for planning purposes, universities may, for their research, teaching, supplementary teaching and student services activities, conclude fixed-term employment contracts. The contract defines, on the basis of the university’s regulations, the arrangements for carrying out teaching, non-curricular activities and student services activities and research. 2. The recipients shall be chosen by public selection procedures organised by the universities by means of a regulation within the meaning of Law No 168 of 9 May 1989 in compliance with the principles set out in the European Charter for Researchers annexed to the Commission Recommendation of 11 March 2005 (2005/251/EC) … 3. Those contracts shall have the following features: (a) contracts for a period of three years, renewable once only for a period of two years, after a positive appraisal of the teaching and research activities carried out, on the basis of modalities, criteria and parameters defined by ministerial decree; those contracts may also be concluded with the same person in separate institutions; (b) contracts for a period of three years, reserved for candidates who have been employed under the contracts referred to under (a), or who have obtained the national scientific qualifications entitling them to work as Category 1 and Category 2 teaching staff referred to in Article 16 of this Law, who hold a specialised medical diploma or who, for at least three years, consecutively or otherwise have received research grants within the meaning of Article 51(6) of Law No 449 of 27 December 1997, research grants as referred to in Article 22 of this Law, post-doctoral fellowships as referred to in Article 4 of Law No 398 of 30 November 1989, or similar contracts, grants or fellowships at foreign universities. … 5. Depending on the resources available for planning purposes, in the third year of the contract referred to in paragraph 3(b), the University shall appraise the contract holder who has obtained the scientific qualifications referred to in Article 16 with a view to his or her appointment to the post of associate professor referred to in Article 18(1)(e). In the event of a positive appraisal, at the end of the contract, the contract holder shall be appointed to the post of associate professor. The appraisal shall be carried out in accordance with internationally recognised quality standards, defined by the University regulations within the framework of the criteria set by the Minister’s decree. The programming referred to in Article 18(2) ensures that the necessary resources are available in the event of a positive appraisal. The procedure shall be published on the University’s website. …’