CHAPTER 4

MANAGEMENT OF EU CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Destruction of EUCI in emergencies
Article 33
1
Commission departments holding EUCI shall prepare plans based on local conditions for the safeguarding of EU classified material in a crisis including if necessary emergency destruction and evacuation plans. They shall promulgate instructions deemed necessary to prevent EUCI from falling into unauthorised hands.
2
The arrangements for the safeguarding and/or destruction of CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET UE/EU SECRET material in a crisis shall under no circumstances adversely affect the safeguarding or destruction of TRES SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET material, including the enciphering equipment, whose treatment shall take priority over all other tasks.
3
In the event of an emergency, if there is an imminent risk of unauthorised disclosure, EUCI shall be destroyed by the holder in such a way that it cannot be reconstructed in whole or in part. The originator and originating registry shall be informed of the emergency destruction of registered EUCI.
4
More detailed provisions for destruction of EUCI shall be laid down in implementing rules.