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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-444/article-43",
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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/43",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Access to EUCI for contractors' and beneficiaries' staff",
  "text": "The contracting or granting authority, shall ensure that the classified contract or classified grant agreement includes provisions indicating that staff of a contractor, subcontractor or beneficiary who, for the performance of the classified contract, subcontract or grant agreement, require access to EUCI, shall be granted such access only if:\n(a) he has been security authorised to the relevant level or is otherwise duly authorised by their need-to-know has been determined;\n(b) they have been briefed on the applicable security rules for protecting EUCI, and have acknowledged their responsibilities with regard to protecting such information;\n(c) they have been security cleared at the relevant level for information classified CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET by the respective NSA, DSA or any other competent authority.",
  "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/43",
    "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."
}