# Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the implementation and exploitation of European satellite navigation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 876/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article 17: Application of the rules on classified information

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Within the scope of this Regulation:
(a) each Member State shall ensure that its national security regulations offer a degree of protection of EU classified information equivalent to that provided by the rules on security as set out in the Annex to Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom and by the security rules of the Council set out in the Annexes to Decision 2013/488/EU;
(b) Member States shall without delay inform the Commission of the national security regulation as referred to in point (a);
(c) natural persons resident in and legal persons established in third countries may deal with EU classified information regarding the Galileo and EGNOS programmes only where they are subject, in those countries, to a security regulation ensuring a degree of protection at least equivalent to that provided by the Commission's rules on security set out in the Annex to Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom and by the security rules of the Council set out in the Annexes to Decision 2013/488/EU. The equivalence of the security regulation applied in a third country or international organisation shall be defined in a security of information agreement between the Union and that third country or international organisation in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 218 TFEU and taking into account Article 13 of Decision 2013/488/EU;
(d) without prejudice to Article 13 of Decision 2013/488/EU and to the rules governing the field of industrial security as set out in the Annex to Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom, a natural person or legal person, third country or international organisation may be given access to EU classified information where deemed necessary on a case by case basis, according to the nature and content of such information, the recipient's need-to-know and the degree of advantage to the Union.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1285/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1285/article-17
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