{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-23.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/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Carriage of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information from or to the territory of a third country",
  "text": "1. Information classified as CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET may be hand-carried by staff between the territory of the Union and the territory of a third country.\n2. Registry staff may arrange for carriage by military or diplomatic courier.\n3. When hand-carrying either paper documents or removable storage media classified as CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET, staff shall comply with all of the following additional measures:\nWhen travelling by public transport the classified information shall be placed in a briefcase or bag that is kept in the bearer's personal custody. It shall not be consigned to a baggage hold.\nThe inner layer of packaging shall bear an official seal to indicate that it is an official consignment and is not to undergo security scrutiny.\nThe bearer shall carry a courier certificate, which certifies that the bearer is authorised to carry the CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET consignment, issued by the relevant department's registry.",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}