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For the purposes of implementing Article 15(3), Member States should: designate an NSA, as listed in Appendix C, responsible for security arrangements for protecting EUCI in order that: EUCI held by any national department, body or agency, public or private, at home or abroad, is protected in accordance with this Decision; security arrangements for protecting EUCI are periodically inspected or assessed; all individuals employed within a national administration or by a contractor who may be granted access to information classified CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL or above are appropriately security cleared or are otherwise duly authorised by virtue of their functions in accordance with national laws and regulations; security programmes are set up as necessary in order to minimise the risk of EUCI being compromised or lost; security matters related to protecting EUCI are coordinated with other competent national authorities, including those referred to in this Decision; and responses are given to appropriate security clearance requests in particular from any Union bodies, agencies, entities, operations established under Title V, Chapter 2 of the TEU, and EU Special Representatives (EUSRs) and their teams which apply this Decision or the principles thereof; ensure that their competent authorities provide information and advice to their governments, and through them to the Council, on the nature of threats to the security of EUCI and the means of protection against them.

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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.