{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488/annex-I/division-III/division-n5/division-1/division-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488/annex-I/division-III/division-n5/division-1/division-10.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2013/488",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2013/488/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488",
  "path": "annex/I/division/III/division/n5/division/1/division/10",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "The initial security clearance for access to information classified CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET shall be based on a security investigation covering at least the last 5 years, or from age 18 to the present, whichever is the shorter, which shall include the following:",
  "text": "(a) the completion of a national personnel security questionnaire for the level of EUCI to which the individual may require access; once completed, this questionnaire shall be forwarded to the competent security authority;\n(b) identity check/citizenship/nationality status — the individual’s date and place of birth shall be verified and his identity checked. Citizenship status and/or nationality, past and present, of the individual shall be established; this shall include an assessment of any vulnerability to pressure from foreign sources, for example, due to former residence or past associations; and\n(c) national and local records check — a check shall be made of national security and central criminal records, where the latter exist, and/or other comparable governmental and police records. The records of law enforcement agencies with legal jurisdiction where the individual has resided or been employed shall be checked.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/488/annex/I/division/III/division/n5/division/1/division/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:00.335921+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."
}