Article 36 Exceptional ad hoc release of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information

Where the Commission or one of its departments determines that there is an exceptional need to release CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET information to a third country, international organisation or an EU entity but no security of information agreement or administrative arrangement is in place, the exceptional ad hoc release procedure shall be followed.

Commission departments shall contact the Commission security authority, which shall consult the Commission Security Expert Group.

After consulting the Commission Security Expert Group, the Commission may, on the basis of a proposal by the member of the Commission responsible for security matters, authorise release of the information concerned.