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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-2",
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  "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/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Criteria for access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information",
  "text": "1. Access to information classified as CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET may be granted after:\n(a) The need for an individual to have access to certain CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information in order to be able to perform a professional function or task for the European Commission has been determined;\n(b) The individual has been briefed on the rules and the relevant security standards and guidelines for protecting CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET information;\n(c) The individual has acknowledged their responsibilities for protecting the information concerned; and\n(d) The individual has been authorised by the Commission security authority to access EUCI up to the relevant level and until a specified date in accordance with Article 10(1)3 of Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444.\n2. Commission trainees shall not be given duties that require them to have access to CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information.\n3. Access shall be withheld or permitted for other categories of staff in accordance with the table set out in the Annex.",
  "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/2",
    "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."
}