# Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2013/488/EU), Division 32: Where no framework is in place in accordance with Sections III to V, and where the Council or one of its preparatory bodies determines the exceptional need to release EUCI to a third State or international organisation, the GSC shall:

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

(a) to the extent possible, verify with the security authorities of the third State or international organisation concerned that its security regulations, structures and procedures are such that EUCI released to it will be protected to standards no less stringent than those laid down in this Decision; and
(b) invite the Security Committee, on the basis of available information, to issue a recommendation regarding the confidence that can be placed in the security regulations, structures and procedures in the third State or international organisation to which the EUCI is to be released.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/488/annex/VI/division/VI/division/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-488/annex-VI/division-VI/division-32
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