THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 249(1) thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 131 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
The Commission Communication concerning the new access-control and security system for Commission buildings (document C(2007) 797) is designed to increase the security of persons, data, buildings and other property.
(2)
To this end, the Global Security Project (GSP), which provides for the installation of automatic access-control systems employing powerful modern access-control technology in all Commission buildings, was established.
(3)
One of the key features of the project is to rationalise and reduce the large number of types of badge that currently exist and to simplify the procedures for issuing badges and access cards for the different categories of staff and visitors to the Commission.
(4)
In order to allow the first operational phase of the new system for issuing badges to be implemented, in particular for contractors’ staff, a number of purely administrative and technical changes must be made to Commission Decision 2007/65/EC of 15 December 2006 establishing the Commission’s standard security measures and alert states and amending its Rules of Procedure as regards operational procedures for management of crisis situations,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: