Article 3 Classification management
1. The competent authorities shall ensure that EUCI is appropriately classified, clearly identified as classified information and retains its classification level for only as long as necessary.
2. EUCI shall not be downgraded or declassified nor shall any of the markings referred to in Article 2(3) be modified or removed without the prior written consent of the originator.
3. The Council shall approve a security policy on creating EUCI which shall include a practical classification guide.