Common use of PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION Clause in Contracts

PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 1. The European Parliament shall protect, in accordance with its security rules and with this Agreement, any classified information provided to it by the Council. 2. As equivalence is to be maintained between the basic principles and minimum standards for protecting classified information laid down by the European Parliament and by the Council in their respective security rules, the European Parliament shall ensure that the security measures in place in its premises afford a level of protection to classified information equivalent to that afforded to such information on Council premises. The relevant services of the European Parliament and the Council shall cooperate closely to that effect. 3. The European Parliament shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that classified information provided to it by the Council shall not: (a) be used for purposes other than those for which access was provided; (b) be disclosed to persons other than those to whom access has been granted in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, or made public; (c) be released to other Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, or to Member States, third States or international organisations without the prior written consent of the Council. 4. The Council may grant the European Parliament access to classified information which originates in other Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies, or in Member States, third States or international organisations only with the prior written consent of the originator.

PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 1. The European Parliament shall protect, in accordance with its security rules and with this Agreement, any classified information provided to it by the Council. 2. As equivalence is to be maintained between the basic principles and minimum standards for protecting classified information laid down by the European Parliament and by the Council in their respective security rules, the European Parliament shall ensure that the security measures in place in its premises afford a level of protection to classified information equivalent to that afforded to such information on Council premises. The relevant services of the European Parliament and the Council shall cooperate closely to that effect. 3. The European Parliament shall take the appropriate measures to ensure that classified information provided to it by the Council shall not: (a) be used for purposes other than those for which access was provided; (b) be disclosed to persons other than those to whom access has been granted in accordance with Articles 4 and 5, or nor be made public; (c) be released to other Union EU institutions, bodiesoffices, offices bodies or agencies, or to Member States, third States or international organisations without the prior written consent of the Council. 4. The Council may grant the European Parliament access to classified information which originates in other Union EU institutions, bodiesoffices, offices bodies or agencies, or in Member States, third States or international organisations only with the prior written consent of the originator.