# Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2013/488/EU), Division 45

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

The registrar and the witness, where the presence of the latter is required shall sign a destruction certificate, which shall be filed in the registry. The registry shall keep destruction certificates of TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET documents for a period of at least 10 years and of documents CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET for a period of at least five years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/488/annex/III/division/VI/division/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488/annex-III/division-VI/division-45
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