# 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, Annex: 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

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

Categories of Commission personnel
Access to C-UE/EU- C and S-UE/EU-S information
Conditions
Officials
Yes
Vetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know
Temporary agents
Yes
Vetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know
Contractual agents
Yes
Vetting + briefing + acknowledge + authorisation + need-to-know
Seconded national experts (SNEs)
Yes
Only when cleared by EU Member States prior to taking up their assignment + briefed by the Commission + acknowledge + authorised by the Commission + need-to-know
Trainees
No
No exceptions possible
Any other category of personnel (interim, intra-muros externals etc.)
No
Consult the Commission security authority for any exceptions

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1961/annex (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/annex
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