Where Member States require staff taken on by the previous operator to be transferred to the newly selected public service operator, such staff should be granted the rights to which they would have been entitled if there had been a transfer within the meaning of Council Directive 2001/23/EC [4].
I gcás ina gceanglaíonn na Ballstáit go n-aistreofaí an fhoireann a bhí earcaithe ag an oibreoir roimhe sin chuig an oibreoir seirbhíse poiblí nua a roghnaíodh, ba cheart na cearta a dheonú don fhoireann sin a mbeidís ina dteideal dá mba rud é go raibh aistriú ann de réir bhrí Threoir 2001/23/CE ón gComhairle [4].