{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-444/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-444/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2015/444",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 of 13 March 2015 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-444",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "EQUIVALENCE OF SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONS",
  "text": "Diffusion Restreinte/Beperkte Verspreiding is not a security classification in Belgium. Belgium handles and protects ‘RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED’ information in a manner no less stringent than the standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of the European Union.\nGermany: VS = Verschlusssache.\nFrance does not use the classification ‘RESTREINT’ in its national system. France handles and protects ‘RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED’ information in a manner no less stringent than the standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of the European Union.\nSweden: the security classification markings in the top row are used by the defence authorities and the markings in the bottom row by other authorities.\nThe UK handles and protects EUCI marked CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the protective security requirements for UK SECRET.\nEU\nTRES SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET\nSECRET UE/EU SECRET\nCONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL\nRESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED\nEURATOM\nEURA TOP SECRET\nEURA SECRET\nEURA CONFIDENTIAL\nEURA RESTRICTED\nBelgium\nTrès Secret (Loi 11.12.1998)\nZeer Geheim (Wet 11.12.1998)\nSecret (Loi 11.12.1998)\nGeheim (Wet 11.12.1998)\nConfidentiel (Loi 11.12.1998)\nVertrouwelijk (Wet 11.12.1998)\nnota below\nBulgaria\nCтpoгo ceкретно\nCeкретно\nПоверително\nЗа служебно ползване\nCzech Republic\nPřísně tajné\nTajné\nDůvěrné\nVyhrazené\nDenmark\nYderst hemmeligt\nHemmeligt\nFortroligt\nTil tjenestebrug\nGermany\nStreng geheim\nGeheim\nVS — Vertraulich\nVS — Nur für den Dienstgebrauch\nEstonia\nTäiesti salajane\nSalajane\nKonfidentsiaalne\nPiiratud\nIreland\nTop Secret\nSecret\nConfidential\nRestricted\nGreece\nΆκρως Απόρρητο\nAbr: ΑΑΠ\nΑπόρρητο\nAbr: (ΑΠ)\nΕμπιστευτικό\nΑbr: (ΕΜ)\nΠεριορισμένης Χρήσης\nAbr: (ΠΧ)\nSpain\nSecreto\nReservado\nConfidencial\nDifusión Limitada\nFrance\nTrès Secret Défense\nSecret Défense\nConfidentiel Défense\nnota below\nCroatia\nVRLO TAJNO\nTAJNO\nPOVJERLJIVO\nOGRANIČENO\nItaly\nSegretissimo\nSegreto\nRiservatissimo\nRiservato\nCyprus\nΆκρως Απόρρητο\nΑbr: (ΑΑΠ)\nΑπόρρητο\nΑbr: (ΑΠ)\nΕμπιστευτικό\nΑbr: (ΕΜ)\nΠεριορισμένης Χρήσης\nΑbr: (ΠΧ)\nLatvia\nSevišķi slepeni\nSlepeni\nKonfidenciāli\nDienesta vajadzībām\nLithuania\nVisiškai slaptai\nSlaptai\nKonfidencialiai\nRiboto naudojimo\nLuxembourg\nTrès Secret Lux\nSecret Lux\nConfidentiel Lux\nRestreint Lux\nHungary\n‘Szigorúan titkos!’\n‘Titkos!’\n‘Bizalmas!’\n‘Korlátozott terjesztésű!’\nMalta\nL-Ogħla Segretezza\nSigriet\nKunfidenzjali\nRistrett\nNetherlands\nStg. ZEER GEHEIM\nStg. GEHEIM\nStg. CONFIDENTIEEL\nDep. VERTROUWELIJK\nAustria\nStreng Geheim\nGeheim\nVertraulich\nEingeschränkt\nPoland\nŚciśle Tajne\nTajne\nPoufne\nZastrzeżone\nPortugal\nMuito Secreto\nSecreto\nConfidencial\nReservado\nRomania\nStrict secret de importanță deosebită\nStrict secret\nSecret\nSecret de serviciu\nSlovenia\nStrogo tajno\nTajno\nZaupno\nInterno\nSlovakia\nPrísne tajné\nTajné\nDôverné\nVyhradené\nFinland\nERITTÄIN SALAINEN\nYTTERST HEMLIG\nSALAINEN\nHEMLIG\nLUOTTAMUKSELLINEN\nKONFIDENTIELL\nKÄYTTÖ RAJOITETTU\nBEGRÄNSAD TILLGÅNG\nSweden\nHEMLIG/TOP SECRET\nHEMLIG AV SYNNERLIG BETYDELSE FÖR RIKETS SÄKERHET\nHEMLIG/SECRET\nHEMLIG\nHEMLIG/CONFIDENTIAL\nHEMLIG\nHEMLIG/RESTRICTED\nHEMLIG\nUnited Kingdom\nUK TOP SECRET\nUK SECRET\nNo equivalent\nUK OFFICIAL — SENSITIVE",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Diffusion Restreinte/Beperkte Verspreiding is not a security classification in Belgium. Belgium handles and protects ‘RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED’ information in a manner no less stringent than the standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Germany: VS = Verschlusssache."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "France does not use the classification ‘RESTREINT’ in its national system. France handles and protects ‘RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED’ information in a manner no less stringent than the standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Sweden: the security classification markings in the top row are used by the defence authorities and the markings in the bottom row by other authorities."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "The UK handles and protects EUCI marked CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the protective security requirements for UK SECRET."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/444/annex/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:26.020475+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}