CHAPTER 6

INDUSTRIAL SECURITY

Basic principles
Article 39
1
Industrial security is the application of measures to ensure the protection of EUCI
a
within the framework of classified contracts, by:
1. candidates or tenderers throughout the tendering and contracting procedure;
2. contractors or subcontractors throughout the life-cycle of classified contracts;
b
within the framework of classified grant agreements, by
1. applicants during grant award procedures;
2. beneficiaries throughout the life-cycle of classified grant agreements.
2
Such contracts or grant agreements shall not involve information classified TRES SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET.
3
Unless stated otherwise, provisions in this Chapter referring to classified contracts or contractors shall be applicable also to classified subcontracts or subcontractors.