II. FRAMEWORKS GOVERNING THE EXCHANGE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Where the Council determines that a long-term need exists to exchange classified information, a security of information agreement shall be concluded, or an administrative arrangement shall be entered into, in accordance with Article 13(2) and Sections III and IV and based on a recommendation from the Security Committee. Where EUCI generated for the purposes of a CSDP operation is to be provided to third States or international organisations participating in such an operation, and where neither of the frameworks referred to in paragraph 2 exists, the exchange of EUCI with the contributing third State or international organisation shall be regulated, in accordance with Section V, under: a framework participation agreement, an ad hoc participation agreement, or in the absence of either of the above, an ad hoc administrative arrangement. In the absence of a framework referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, and where a decision is taken to release EUCI to a third State or international organisation on an exceptional ad hoc basis in accordance with Section VI, written assurances shall be sought from the third State or international organisation concerned to ensure that it protects any EUCI released to it in accordance with the basic principles and minimum standards set out in this Decision.

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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.