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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-444/article-50",
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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",
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  "heading": "Handling of information classified RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED in the context of classified contracts or classified grant agreements",
  "text": "1. Protection of information classified RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED handled or stored under classified contracts or grant agreements shall be based on the principles of proportionality and cost-effectiveness.\n2. No FSC or PSC shall be required in the context of classified contracts or classified grant agreements involving the handling of information classified at the level of RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED.\n3. Where a contract or grant agreement involves handling of information classified RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED in a CIS operated by a contractor or grant beneficiary, the contracting or granting authority shall ensure, after consulting the Commission Security Authority, that the contract or grant agreement specifies the necessary technical and administrative requirements regarding accreditation or approval of the CIS commensurate with the assessed risk, taking account of all relevant factors. The scope of accreditation or approval of such CIS shall be agreed between the Commission Security Authority and the relevant NSA or DSA.",
  "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/50",
    "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."
}