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Council Decision (EU) 2015/954 of 16 June 2015 granting Mr Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET

EU Decision 2015/954 · Adopted 16 June 2015 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision (EU) 2015/954

of 16 June 2015

granting Mr Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/488/EU of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified informationf1, and in particular point (a) of paragraph 18 of Annex I thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/811/EU of 17 December 2013 determining for the General Secretariat of the Council the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment and repealing Decision 2011/444/EUf2,

Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/654 of 21 April 2015 appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020f3,

Whereas:

(1)

The competent Danish national security authority gave a positive assurance on 26 March 2015 with regard to access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET by Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN.

(2)

It is necessary, owing to his assignment and the needs of the service, to authorise Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN to have access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET held by the Council and the European Council,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1.

f2

OJ L 355, 31.12.2013, p. 91.

f3

OJ L 107, 25.4.2015, p. 74.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature

1

1.

Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN is hereby granted authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET held by the Council and the European Council for the purposes of his assignment.

2.

The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be valid for the duration of the assignment for which this authorisation is granted and shall not exceed a period of five years, starting from the date this Decision takes effect.

2

This Decision shall take effect on 1 July 2015.

3

This Decision is addressed to Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN.

Signature

Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2015.

For the Council

The President

J. Dūklavs