CHAPTER 7

EXCHANGE OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION WITH OTHER UNION INSTITUTIONS, AGENCIES, BODIES AND OFFICES, WITH MEMBER STATES, AND WITH THIRD STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Exchange of EUCI with Member States
Article 53
1
EUCI may be exchanged with and released to Member States provided that they protect that information in accordance with the requirements applicable to classified information bearing a national security classification at the equivalent level as set out in the table of equivalence of security classifications contained in Annex I.
2
Where Member States introduce classified information bearing a national security classification marking into the structures or networks of the European Union, the Commission shall protect that information in accordance with the requirements applicable to EUCI at the equivalent level as set out in the table of equivalence of security classifications contained in Annex I.