{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1962/article-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1962/article-35.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/35",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Responsibility for declassifying",
  "text": "1. RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED information shall not be declassified without the permission of the originator.\n2. The Commission department that creates a classified document shall be responsible for deciding whether it can be declassified. Within the Commission, all requests for declassifying shall be subject to consultation of the Head of Unit or Director of the originating department. If the department has compiled classified information from various sources it shall first seek the consent of any other parties that provided source material, including in Member States, other EU bodies, third countries or international organisations.\n3. Where the originating Commission department no longer exists and its responsibilities have been taken on by another service, the decision on declassifying shall be taken by this service. Where the originating department no longer exists and its responsibilities have not been taken on by another service, the decision to declassify shall be taken jointly by the Heads of Unit or Directors of the recipient Directorates-General.",
  "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/35",
    "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."
}