{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1962/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1962/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1962",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/1962 of 17 October 2019 on implementing rules for handling RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1962",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "General principles for carrying RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information",
  "text": "1. Whenever possible, RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information that needs to be taken outside Secured Areas or Administrative Areas shall be sent electronically by appropriately accredited means and/or protected by approved cryptographic products.\n2. Depending on the means available or the particular circumstances, RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information may be physically carried by hand in the form of paper documents or on removable storage media. The use of removable storage media to transfer RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information shall be given preference to sending paper documents.\n3. Only removable storage media encrypted by a product approved by the Commission security authority may be used. RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information on removable storage media that is not protected by an encryption product that has been approved by the Commission security authority shall be handled in the same manner as paper copy.\n4. A consignment may contain more than one piece of RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information, provided the need-to-know principle is respected.\n5. The packaging used shall ensure that the contents are covered from view. RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information shall be carried in opaque packaging, such as an envelope, an opaque folder or a briefcase. The outside of the packaging shall not bear any indication of the nature or classification level of its contents. If used, the inner layer of packaging shall be marked as RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED. Both layers shall state the intended recipient's name, job title and address, as well as a return address in case delivery cannot be made.\n6. Any security incidents involving RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information that is carried by staff or couriers shall be reported for subsequent investigation to the Security Directorate of the Directorate-General for Human Resources, via the LSO of the relevant Commission department.",
  "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/2019/1962/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:30.660136+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."
}