{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-19.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/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "General principles for carrying CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information",
  "text": "1. Whenever possible, CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information that needs to be taken outside Secured Areas or Administrative Areas shall be sent electronically by appropriately accredited means and/or protected by approved cryptographic products.\n2. Depending on the means available or the particular circumstances, CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information may be physically carried by hand in the form of paper documents or on removable storage media. The use of removable storage media to transfer CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information shall be given preference to sending paper documents.\n3. Only removable storage media encrypted by a product approved by the Commission security authority may be used. CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information on removable storage media that is not protected by an encryption product that has been approved by the Commission security authority shall be handled in the same manner as paper copy.\n4. A consignment may contain more than one piece of EUCI, provided the need-to-know principle is respected.\n5. The packaging used shall ensure that the contents are covered from view. CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information shall be carried in two layers of opaque packaging, such as envelopes, opaque folders or a briefcase. The outer packaging shall not bear any indication of the nature or classification level of its contents. The inner layer of packaging shall be marked as CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET. Both layers shall state the intended recipient's name, job title and address, as well as a return address in case delivery cannot be made.\n6. Staff or couriers hand-carrying CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information shall be security authorised and shall be issued with a courier certificate.\n7. The envelope/package shall not be opened en route. The security authorisation for the courier does not authorise him/her to access the content of the classified information.\n8. Any security incidents involving CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information that is carried by staff or couriers shall be reported for subsequent investigation to the Security Directorate of the Directorate-General for Human Resources and Security, via the LSO of the relevant Commission department.",
  "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/article/19",
    "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."
}