# Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2013/488/EU), Division 12

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

Every endeavour shall be made to conduct a full security assessment visit to the third State or international organisation in question before the Security Committee approves the implementing arrangements in order to establish the nature and the effectiveness of the security system in place. However, where this is not possible the Security Committee shall receive as full a report as possible from the GSC Security Office, based on the information available to it, informing the Security Committee about the security regulations applicable and the way in which security is organised in the third State or international organisation concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/488/annex/VI/division/III/division/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488/annex-VI/division-III/division-12
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