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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-1.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": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and scope",
  "text": "1. This Decision sets out the handling conditions for EU classified information (EUCI) of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET level in compliance with Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444.\n2. This Decision shall apply to all Commission departments and in all premises of the Commission.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Pursuant to Article 3 of Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444, CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL information shall mean ‘information and material the unauthorised disclosure of which could harm the essential interests of the European Union or of one or more of the Member States’."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Pursuant to Article 3 of Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444, SECRET UE/EU SECRET information shall mean ‘information and material the unauthorised disclosure of which could seriously harm the essential interests of the European Union or of one or more of the Member States’."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1961/article/1",
    "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."
}