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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-444/article-39",
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  "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": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Basic principles",
  "text": "1. Industrial security is the application of measures to ensure the protection of EUCI\n(a) within the framework of classified contracts, by:\n(i) candidates or tenderers throughout the tendering and contracting procedure;\n(ii) contractors or subcontractors throughout the life-cycle of classified contracts;\n(b) within the framework of classified grant agreements, by\n(i) applicants during grant award procedures;\n(ii) beneficiaries throughout the life-cycle of classified grant agreements.\n2. Such contracts or grant agreements shall not involve information classified TRES SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET.\n3. Unless stated otherwise, provisions in this Chapter referring to classified contracts or contractors shall be applicable also to classified subcontracts or subcontractors.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/444/article/39",
    "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."
}