# Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2013/488/EU), Division 44

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

For documents classified SECRET UE/EU SECRET or TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET, destruction shall be performed in the presence of a witness who shall be cleared to at least the classification level of the document being destroyed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/488/annex/III/division/VI/division/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488/annex-III/division-VI/division-44
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