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EU STATE-BUILDING: EU Classified Information (EUCI): The Council is about to adopt an Agreement extending its Classified information rules to Member States (EU governments

01 March 2011

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EU STATE-BUILDING: EU Classified Information (EUCI): The Council is about to adopt an Agreement extending its Classified information rules to Member States (EU governments) as well: Agreement between the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, regarding the protection of classified information exchanged in the interests of the European Union (pdf). This was first proposed back in 2007 and only now is to be adopted. The Agreement primarily concerns the exchange of Top Secret, Secret and Confidential information. But also cover the classification: "Restricted" which is defined as:

"This marking is applied to information and material the unauthorised disclosure of which could be disadvantageous to the interests of the European Union or of one or more of the Member States." (emphasis added).

There is always the temptation open to officials to push a "LIMITE" document, which is not a classified document, up to the "RESTRICTED" level to deny access as this could be "disadvantageous" and lead to a public debate.

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