{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1961/article-27.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/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Preparing for a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting",
  "text": "1. Meetings where CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIEL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information is due to be discussed shall only be held in a meeting room that has been accredited at the appropriate level or higher. Where these are not available, staff shall seek the advice of the Commission security authority.\n2. As a general rule, agendas should be not classified. If the agenda of a meeting mentions classified documents, the agenda itself shall not automatically be classified. Agenda items shall be worded in a way that avoids jeopardising the protection of the Union or one or more of the Member States' interests.\n3. Meeting organisers shall remind participants that any comments sent in on a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET agenda item must not be sent through email, or through other means that have not been appropriately accredited in accordance with Article 11 of this Decision.\n4. Meeting organisers shall endeavour to group CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET items consecutively on the agenda in order to facilitate the smooth functioning of the meeting. Only persons with a need-to-know, who are security cleared to the appropriate level, and authorised where applicable, may be present during discussions of classified items.\n5. The invitation itself shall forewarn the participants that the meeting will discuss classified topics, and that corresponding security measures will apply.\n6. Participants shall be reminded that portable electronic devices are to be left outside the meeting room during discussion of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET items.\n7. Meeting organisers shall prepare a complete list of participants prior to the meeting.",
  "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/27",
    "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."
}