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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;

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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.