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The initial security clearance for access to information classified CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET shall be based on a security investigation covering at least the last 5 years, or from age 18 to the present, whichever is the shorter, which shall include the following: the completion of a national personnel security questionnaire for the level of EUCI to which the individual may require access; once completed, this questionnaire shall be forwarded to the competent security authority; identity check/citizenship/nationality status — the individual’s date and place of birth shall be verified and his identity checked. Citizenship status and/or nationality, past and present, of the individual shall be established; this shall include an assessment of any vulnerability to pressure from foreign sources, for example, due to former residence or past associations; and national and local records check — a check shall be made of national security and central criminal records, where the latter exist, and/or other comparable governmental and police records. The records of law enforcement agencies with legal jurisdiction where the individual has resided or been employed shall be checked.

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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.