{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/annex",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/annex.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1961",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/1961 of 17 October 2019 on implementing rules for handling CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961",
  "path": "annex",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Categories of staff who may have access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information if needed in order to perform their professional tasks",
  "text": "Categories of Commission personnel\nAccess to C-UE/EU- C and S-UE/EU-S information\nConditions\nOfficials\nYes\nVetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know\nTemporary agents\nYes\nVetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know\nContractual agents\nYes\nVetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know\nSeconded national experts (SNEs)\nYes\nOnly when cleared by EU Member States prior to taking up their assignment + briefed by the Commission + acknowledge + authorised by the Commission + need-to-know\nTrainees\nNo\nNo exceptions possible\nAny other category of personnel (interim, intra-muros externals etc.)\nNo\nConsult the Commission security authority for any exceptions",
  "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/2019/1961/annex",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:30.720298+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."
}