The Commission provisions on security as set out in the Annex to Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom are amended as follows:

1. 1.

   In Article 2(1) the following paragraph is added:

   ‘When a contract or grant agreement between the Commission and an external contractor or beneficiary involves the processing of EU classified information in the contractor's or beneficiary's premises, the appropriate measures to be taken by the said external contractor or beneficiary to ensure that the rules referred to in Article 1 are complied with, when handling EU classified information, shall be an integral part of the contract or grant agreement.’

2. 2.

   The rules on security as set out in the Annex to the Commission provisions on security are amended as follows:

   1. (a)

      In Section 5.1. of Part I the following sentence is added:

      ‘Such minimum standards shall also be applied when the Commission confers by contract or grant agreement, tasks involving, entailing and/or containing EU classified information on industrial or other entities: these common minimum standards are contained in Section 27 of Part II.’;

   2. (b)

      In Part II, the text in the Annex to this Decision is added as Section 27;

   3. (c)

      In Appendix 6, the following abbreviations are added:

      • ‘DSA

        Designated Security Authority

      • FSC

        Facility Security Clearance

      • FSO

        Facility Security Officer

      • PSC

        Personnel Security Clearance

      • SAL

        Security Aspects Letter

      • SCG

        Security Classification Guide’.