# Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 of 13 March 2015 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information, Article 43: Access to EUCI for contractors' and beneficiaries' staff

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

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:
(a) he has been security authorised to the relevant level or is otherwise duly authorised by their need-to-know has been determined;
(b) they have been briefed on the applicable security rules for protecting EUCI, and have acknowledged their responsibilities with regard to protecting such information;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/444/article/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-444/article-43
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