Commission Decision of 15 December 2006 establishing the Commission's standard security measures and alert states and amending its Rules of Procedure as regards operational procedures for management of crisis situations (2007/65/EC) (repealed)

Section 3

1. Inside the EU, the Director of the Commission Security Directorate is authorised to modify the application of the Standard Security Measures ‘WHITE’ to take account of local or temporary threat assessments. He shall, without delay, inform the Member of the Commission responsible for security matters and the chairperson of the Management Group of his actions, and the reasons for them.

Without prejudice to Section 4(3)(a), the Member of the Commission responsible for security matters shall:

(a)

Decide to increase the level of security to the ‘YELLOW’, ‘ORANGE’ or ‘RED’ alert state, to reduce the alert state or to return to the standard security measures ‘WHITE’;

(b)

Decide which of the specific measures of the alert states shall be implemented in light of the actual security situation. In reaching these decisions, he shall take account of the advice of the Director of the Commission Security Directorate.

In situations of extreme urgency where the security situation requires an immediate change to the alert state, the Director of the Commission Security Directorate shall take the decisions required in the preceding paragraph. He shall, without delay, inform the Member of the Commission responsible for security matters and the chairperson of the Management Group of his actions, and the reasons for them. When possible, the Director of the Commission Security Directorate shall confer with the Management Group as laid down in Article 1(2) of the present Decision

2. Outside the EU, the Director-General of DG External Relations is authorised to modify the application of the standard security measures ‘WHITE’ to take account of local situations. He shall, without delay, inform the Member of the Commission responsible for external relations who shall immediately inform the Member of the Commission responsible for security matters and the chairperson of the Management Group of the actions taken and the reasons for them.

Without prejudice to section 4(3)(a), the Members of the Commission responsible for external relations and for security matters shall decide jointly:

(a)

To increase the level of security to the ‘YELLOW’, ‘ORANGE’ or ‘RED’ alert state, to reduce the alert state or to return to the standard security measures ‘WHITE’;

(b)

Which of the specific measures of the alert states shall be implemented in light of the actual security situation. In reaching these decisions, they shall take account of the advice of the Director of the Commission Security Directorate.

In situations of extreme urgency where the security situation requires an immediate change to the alert state, the Head of the Commission mission or EC Delegation shall take the decisions required in paragraph 2. He shall, without delay, inform the Member of the Commission responsible for External Relations who shall immediately inform the Member of the Commission responsible for security matters and the chairperson of the Management Group of the actions taken and the reasons for them.