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Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/1961Show full title

Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/1961 of 17 October 2019 on implementing rules for handling CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter and scope

    2. Article 2.Criteria for access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

  3. CHAPTER 2 CREATING CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION

    1. Article 3.Originator

    2. Article 4.Assigning a classification level

    3. Article 5.Working with drafts

    4. Article 6.Record of source material

    5. Article 7.Classifying parts of a document

    6. Article 8.Full classification marking

    7. Article 9.Abbreviated C-UE/EU-C and S-UE/EU-S classification markings

    8. Article 10.Other security designators

    9. Article 11.Electronic processing

    10. Article 12.Registration for security purposes

    11. Article 13.Distribution

  4. CHAPTER 3 WORKING WITH EXISTING CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION

    1. Article 14.Originator control

    2. Article 15.CIS suitable for handling CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

    3. Article 16.Specific measures for CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information on removable storage media

    4. Article 17.Handling and storage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

    5. Article 18.Copying and translating CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

    6. Article 19.General principles for carrying CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

    7. Article 20.Hand carriage of removable storage media

    8. Article 21.Carriage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents within Commission buildings

    9. Article 22.Carriage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents within the Union

    10. Article 23.Carriage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information from or to the territory of a third country

    11. Article 24.Transport by commercial couriers

    12. Article 25.Preparation of EUCI for transport by commercial courier services

    13. Article 26.Other specific handling conditions

  5. CHAPTER 4 CLASSIFIED MEETINGS

    1. Article 27.Preparing for a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting

    2. Article 28.Participants' access to a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting

    3. Article 29.Electronic equipment in a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting room

    4. Article 30.Procedures to be followed during a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting

    5. Article 31.Interpreters and translators

  6. CHAPTER 5 SHARING AND EXCHANGING CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION

    1. Article 32.Originator consent

    2. Article 33.Sharing CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information with other Union entities

    3. Article 34.Exchanging CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information with Member States

    4. Article 35.Exchanging CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information with third countries and international organisations

    5. Article 36.Exceptional ad hoc release of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

  7. CHAPTER 6 END OF LIFE FOR CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION

    1. Article 37.When to downgrade or declassify

    2. Article 38.Responsibility for downgrading and declassifying

    3. Article 39.Sensitive non-classified information

    4. Article 40.How to indicate that a document has been downgraded or declassified

    5. Article 41.Partial downgrading or declassification of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

    6. Article 42.Routine destruction and deletion of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

    7. Article 43.Evacuation and destruction of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information in an emergency

    8. Article 44.Archiving

  8. CHAPTER 7 FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 45.Transparency

    2. Article 46.Entry into force

  9. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      Categories of staff who may have access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information if needed in order to perform their professional tasks

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