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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-956/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2002/956",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 28 November 2002 setting up a European Network for the Protection of Public Figures (2002/956/JHA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2002-956",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Network shall have the following objectives:\n(a) promoting the exchange of information between the departments participating in the Network, in particular:\ngeneral and technical information and experience regarding the protection of public figures,\ninformation on the most appropriate criteria for selecting and training appropriate staff of the services which are responsible for the protection of public figures;\n(b) promoting the development of a set of common best practices as regards operational activities undertaken by the departments participating in the Network;\n(c) promoting the mutual secondment of officials of the departments participating in the Network;\n(d) allowing the departments participating in the Network to exchange information, communicate and develop common views on:\nprocedures and requests for authorisation by the host Member State of the presence in its territory of the protection services of the requesting State accompanying a public figure,\nmethods of common action to prevent assaults and attacks, including the way in which officials and resources could be deployed,\nprotocols on the priority to be granted to the protected public figure during movement of delegations,\ncollaboration with relevant law enforcement services and other public departments,\nrecommendations regarding media;\n(e) favouring the exchange, in accordance with the national legislation, of operational information, either through the contact points or by means of direct contacts between the responsible services, as communicated by the contact points, concerning the application of security in cases where the protection of a public figure has to be assured in two or more Member States;\n(f) favouring contacts concerning the application of protection in cases where the protection of public figures has to be assured in two or more Member States between the relevant authorities within the Member States responsible for rendering protection services, either through the contact points or by means of direct contacts between the responsible services, as communicated by the contact points.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision 2009/796/JHA of 4 June 2009 amending Decision 2002/956/JHA setting up a European Network for the Protection of Public Figures."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Decision 2009/796/JHA of 4 June 2009 amending Decision 2002/956/JHA setting up a European Network for the Protection of Public Figures."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2002/956/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:27.734141+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}