# Council Decision of 31 March 2011 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2011/292/EU), Article 3: Classification management

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The competent authorities shall ensure that EUCI is appropriately classified, clearly identified as classified information and retains its classification level for only as long as necessary.
2. EUCI shall not be downgraded or declassified nor shall any of the markings referred to in Article 2(3) be modified or removed without the prior written consent of the originator.
3. The Council shall approve a security policy on creating EUCI which shall include a practical classification guide.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/292/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-292/article-3
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