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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-78/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/78",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 1 February 2005 amending Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom (2005/78/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-78",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 1 February 2005\namending Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom\n(2005/78/EC, Euratom)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 218(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 131 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 28(1) and Article 41(1) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Commission’s security system is based on the principles set out in Council Decision 2001/264/EC of 19 March 2001 adopting the Council’s security regulations with a view to ensuring a smooth functioning of the decision-making process of the Union.\n(2)\nThe Commission’s provisions on security are contained in the Annex to Commission Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom of 29 November 2001 amending its internal Rules of Procedure.\n(3)\nAppendix 1 to the Rules on security annexed to those provisions contains a table of equivalence including national security classifications.\n(4)\nOn 16 April 2003, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia signed the Treaty concerning their accession to the European Union. Appendix 1 to the Rules on security should be amended in order to take account of those States.\n(5)\nOn 14 March 2003 the European Union signed an agreement with NATO on the security of information. It is therefore also necessary to establish correspondence with NATO classification levels in Appendix 1 to the Rules on security.\n(6)\nFrance and the Netherlands have changed their legislation on classification.\n(7)\nIn the interests of clarity, Appendix 1 to the Rules on security should be replaced.\n(8)\nAt the same time, the Annex to Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom should be corrected in order to ensure that the four classification terms are used homogeneously in all language versions,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 101, 11.4.2001, p. 1. Decision amended by Decision 2004/194/EC (OJ L 63, 28.2.2004, p. 48)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 3.12.2001, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 80, 27.3.2003, p. 36."
    }
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  "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."
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