Article 15Responsibility for implementation
1.
The Council shall take all necessary measures to ensure overall consistency in the application of this Decision.
2.
The Secretary-General shall take all necessary measures to ensure that, when handling or storing EUCI or any other classified information, this Decision is applied in premises used by the Council and within the GSC, by GSC officials and other servants, by personnel seconded to the GSC and by GSC contractors.
3.
Member States shall take all appropriate measures, in accordance with their respective national laws and regulations, to ensure that when EUCI is handled or stored, this Decision is respected by:
(a)
personnel of Member States’ Permanent Representations to the European Union, and national delegates attending meetings of the Council or of its preparatory bodies, or participating in other Council activities;
(b)
other personnel in Member States’ national administrations, including personnel seconded to those administrations, whether they serve on the territory of the Member States or abroad;
(c)
other persons in the Member States duly authorised by virtue of their functions to have access to EUCI; and
(d)
Member States’ contractors, whether on the territory of the Member States or abroad.