Article 30 Procedures to be followed during a CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET meeting

At the start of the classified discussion, the Chair shall announce to the meeting that it is moving into classified mode. The doors shall be closed.

Only the necessary number of documents shall be signed for and issued to participants and interpreters, as appropriate, at the start of the discussion.

CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents shall not be left unattended during any breaks in the meeting.

At the end of the meeting, the participants and interpreters shall be reminded not to leave any classified documents or classified notes they might have made lying unattended in the room. Any CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET documents not required by the participants at the end of the meeting, and in any case all interpreters' documents, shall be signed for and returned to the Registry Control Officer for destruction in appropriate shredders.

The list of participants and an outline of any classified information shared with Member States and released orally to third countries or international organisations shall be noted down during the meeting in order to be recorded in the outcome of proceedings.