Delegated Decision No 19/2024 on implementing rules for handling CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
Article 2
Criteria for access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
CHAPTER 2
CREATING CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION
Article 3
Originator
Article 4
Assigning a classification level
Article 5
Working with drafts
Article 6
Record of source material
Article 7
Classifying parts of a document
Article 8
Full classification marking
Article 9
Abbreviated C-UE/EU-C and S-EU/EU-S classification markings
Article 10
Other security designators
RELEASABLE TO LIECHTENSTEIN |
SECRET UE/EU SECRET until [dd.mm.yyyy] and RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED thereafter |
Article 11
Electronic processing
Article 12
Registration for security purposes
Article 13
Distribution
CHAPTER 3
WORKING WITH EXISTING CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALAND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION
Article 14
Originator control
Article 15
CIS suitable for handling CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
Article 16
Specific measures for CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information on removable storage media
Article 17
Handling and storage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
Article 18
Copying and translating CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
Article 19
General principles for carrying CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
Article 20
Hand carriage of removable storage media
Article 21
Carriage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents within departments and on Court of Auditors premises
Article 22
Carriage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents within the European Union
Article 23
Carriage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information from or to the territory of a third country
Article 24
Transport by commercial couriers
Article 25
Preparation of EUCI for transport by commercial courier services
Article 26
Other specific handling conditions
CHAPTER 4
CLASSIFIED MEETINGS
Article 27
Preparing for a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALor SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting
Article 28
Participant access to a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALor SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting
Article 29
Electronic equipment in CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALor SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting rooms
Article 30
Procedures to be followed during a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALor SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting
Article 31
Interpreters and translators
CHAPTER 5
SHARING AND EXCHANGINGCONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION
Article 32
Originator consent
Article 33
Sharing CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information with other Union entities
Article 34
Exchanging CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information with Member States
Article 35
Exchanging CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information with third countries and international organisations
Article 36
Exceptional ad hoc release of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALor SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
CHAPTER 6
END OF LIFE FOR CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALAND SECRET UE/EU SECRET INFORMATION
Article 37
When to downgrade or declassify
Article 38
Responsibility for downgrading and declassifying
Article 39
Sensitive non-classified information
Article 40
How to indicate that a document has been downgraded or declassified
Article 41
Partial downgrading or declassification of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALor SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
PART NOT TO BE DECLASSIFIED |
Article 42
Routine destruction and deletion of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALor SECRET UE/EU SECRET information
Article 43
Evacuation and destruction of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIALand SECRET UE/EU SECRET information in an emergency
Article 44
Archiving
CHAPTER 7
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 45
Transparency
Article 46
Entry into force
ANNEX
Categories of staff who may have access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information where necessary in order to perform their duties
Categories of Court of Auditors personnel |
Access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information |
Conditions |
Members |
yes |
briefing + acknowledge |
Officials |
yes |
Vetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know |
Temporary agents |
yes |
Vetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know |
Contractual agents |
yes |
Vetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know |
Seconded national experts from EU Member States |
yes |
Only if cleared by the originating Member States prior to taking up their assignment + briefed by the Court of Auditors + acknowledge + authorised by the Court of Auditors + need-to-know |
Trainees |
no |
No exceptions possible |
Any other category of staff (interim, intra-muros externals, etc.) |
no |
No exceptions possible |