Article 15 CIS suitable for handling CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information shall be handled and transmitted by electronic means, where these are available. Only CIS and equipment that has been accredited by the Commission security accreditation authority for handling information classified at the relevant level or a higher classification level shall be used.

Where a Commission department has the appropriate equipment to handle and send information classified at these levels it shall assist other Commission entities in handling and sending information appropriately, as far as it is able to do so.