Conduct of assessment visits

Assessment visits shall be conducted in order to check the relevant rules, regulations and procedures in the visited entity and verify whether the entity’s practices comply with the basic principles and minimum standards laid down in this Decision and in the provisions governing the exchange of classified information with that entity. Assessment visits shall be conducted in two phases. Prior to the visit itself a preparatory meeting shall be organised, if necessary, with the entity concerned. After this preparatory meeting the assessment team shall establish, in agreement with the entity concerned, a detailed assessment visit programme covering all areas of security. The assessment visit team should have access to any location where EUCI is handled, in particular registries and CIS points of presence. Assessment visits to Member States’ national administrations, third States and international organisations shall be conducted in full cooperation with the officials of the entity, third State or international organisation being visited. Assessment visits to Union bodies, agencies and entities which apply this Decision or the principles thereof shall be conducted with assistance from experts of the NSA on whose territory the body or agency is located. In the case of assessment visits to Union bodies, agencies and entities which apply this Decision or the principles thereof, and to third States and international organisations, assistance and contributions from NSA experts may be requested in accordance with detailed arrangements to be agreed by the Security Committee.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.