Article 3 Security measures

The Commission (Eurostat) and the appropriate national authorities shall store the data that have been flagged as confidential by the national authorities in accordance with Article 2(2) in a secure area with restricted and controlled access. The appropriate national authorities shall on request provide information for the Commission (Eurostat) on the security measures applied in the Member State concerned. The Commission (Eurostat) shall pass on this information to the other Member States. The Commission (Eurostat) shall similarly provide information on its security measures to the national authorities.

The transmission of the data shall be done in an encrypted form via the secure medium used by the Commission (Eurostat) for the exchange of confidential data.