Article 10 Other security designators

CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents may bear other markings, or ‘security designators’, specifying, for example, the field to which the document relates, or indicating a particular distribution on a need-to-know basis. An example is:

CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents may bear a security caveat that gives specific instructions on how to handle and manage the documents.

Whenever possible, any indications for downgrading or declassifying shall be affixed on the first page of the document at the time it is created. For example, the following marking may be used: