{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1963/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1963/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1963",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/1963 of 17 October 2019 laying down implementing rules on industrial security with regard to classified procurement contracts",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1963",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Access to EUCI by personnel of contractors and subcontractors",
  "text": "1. The Commission department, as contracting authority, shall ensure that classified contracts include provisions indicating that personnel of a contractor or subcontractor who, for the performance of the classified contract or subcontract, require access to EUCI may be granted such access only if:\n(a) it has been established that they have a need-to-know;\n(b) for information classified CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET, they have been granted a PSC at the relevant level by the respective NSA/DSA or any other competent security authority;\n(c) they have been briefed on the applicable security rules for protecting EUCI, and have acknowledged their responsibilities with regard to protecting such information.\n2. If a contractor or subcontractor wishes to employ a national of a non-EU country in a position that requires access to EUCI classified CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET UE/EU SECRET, it is the responsibility of the contractor or subcontractor to initiate the security clearance procedure of such a person in accordance with national laws and regulations applicable at the location where access to the EUCI is to be granted.",
  "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/2019/1963/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:30.585648+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."
}