# Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2013/488/EU), Division 33

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

For reasons of urgency, where duly justified in the interests of the service and pending completion of a full security investigation, the GSC Appointing Authority may, after consulting the NSA of the Member State of whom the individual is a national and subject to the outcome of preliminary checks to verify that no adverse information is known, grant a temporary authorisation for GSC officials and other servants to access EUCI for a specific function. Such temporary authorisations shall be valid for a period not exceeding 6 months and shall not permit access to information classified TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET. All individuals who have been granted a temporary authorisation shall acknowledge in writing that they have understood their obligations in respect of protecting EUCI and the consequences if EUCI is compromised. A record of such a written acknowledgement shall be kept by the GSC.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/488/annex/I/division/V/division/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488/annex-I/division-V/division-33
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