1.Where the Commission or one of its departments determines that there is a need to exchange EUCI with another Union Institution, agency, body or office, or with a third State or international organisation, the necessary steps shall be undertaken to establish an appropriate legal or administrative framework to that effect, which may include security of information agreements or administrative arrangements concluded in accordance with the relevant regulations.
2.Without prejudice to Article 57, EUCI shall only be exchanged with another Union Institution, agency, body or office, or with a third State or international organisation, provided such an appropriate legal or administrative framework is in place, and that there are sufficient guarantees that the Union Institution, agency, body or office, or the third State or international organisation concerned applies equivalent basic principles and minimum standards for the protection of classified information.