Annex to the Rules on the confidentiality of Europol information
Date: 2001-02-13
Institutions: Europol
Subjects: EU Member State, Europol, access to information, confidentiality, data processing, data protection

16.3.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 86/1

(Acts adopted under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union)

Annex to the Rules on the confidentiality of Europol information

(2001/C 86/01)

Article 2(4) of the Rules on confidentiality of Europol information (1) obliges Europol to elaborate a revised
version of the overview mentioned above when a Member State informs the other Member States and
Europol of any changes in the national provisions on security levels or in the equivalent markings. At least
once a year, however, the Europol Security Committee shall ascertain whether or not the overview is up to
date. Europol was informed by several Member States on changes in their national provisions. Attached is
therefore a new version of the table of equivalence.

Following approval of the Europol Security Committee on 5 July 2000 and on 13 February 2001, Europol
kindly asks the General Secretariat of the Council to arrange the publication of the updated table of
equivalence in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(1) OJ C 26, 30.1.1999, p. 2.

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ANNEX

Table of equivalence between national classifications and corresponding Europol classifications

The following table is illustrative: the obligation on Member States is to provide an equivalent level of protection to that
afforded by Europol rather than to attach a particular label.

Member State

Europol 1

Europol 2

Europol 3

Europol classifications

Belgium (1)

Diffusion restreinte/Confidentiel
Beperkte verspreiding/Vertrouwelijk

Secret
Geheim

TrŁs secret
Zeer geheim

Denmark (2)

Fortroligt (Confidential)

Hemmeligt (Secret)

Yderst Hemmeligt (Top Secret)

Germany (3)

VS (cid:151) Nur f(cid:252)r den Dienstgebrauch

VS (cid:151) Vertraulich

Geheim

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

¯(cid:236)(cid:240)Ø(cid:243)(cid:244)(cid:229)ı(cid:244)ØŒ(cid:252) (Confidential)

`(cid:240)(cid:252)ææ(cid:231)(cid:244)(cid:239) (Secret)

¢Œæø(cid:242) Æ(cid:240)(cid:252)ææ(cid:231)(cid:244)(cid:239) (Top Secret)

Confidencial

Reservado

Secreto

Confidentiel DØfense

Secret DØfense

Secret DØfense

Confidential

Secret

Top Secret

Riservato (Confidential);
Riservatissimo (Most confidential)

Segreto (Secret)

Segretissimo (Top Secret)

Luxembourg (4)

Diffusion restreinte/Confidentiel

Secret

The Netherlands (5)

Confidentieel

Geheim

Geheim

Vertraulich

Reservado

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

Confidencial

Secreto/muito secreto

Luottamuksellinen (Confidential)

Salainen (Secret)

Eritt(cid:228)in salainen (Top Secret)

Hemlig (Secret)

Hemlig (Secret)

Hemlig (Secret)

TrŁs secret

Zeer geheim

Streng geheim

United Kingdom

Confidential

Secret

Top Secret

(1) Data used by the police are rarely classified in Belgium; should it prove necessary, the abovenmentioned classifications stipulated by law will be used.
(2) Data used by the police are rarely classified in Denmark; should it prove necessary, NATO classification will be used.
(3) With regard to the security measures laid down by Europol for the particular security levels, the German security gradings shown above shall also be held to correspond
to the Europol security levels referred to in Article 8(4) of the confidentiality rules, in line with the obligation arising from Article 31(2) of the Europol Convention for
Member States to arrange for the security screening of their own nationals entrusted by Europol with a sensitive activity to be carried out in accordance with their
national provisions.

(4) Data used by the police are rarely classified in Luxembourg; should it prove necessary, NATO classification will be used.
(5) The mentioned markings, corresponding with the NATO classification, are used for State security. Data used by the police are rarely classified in accordance with the

system. Where it concerns police intelligence, handling codes are used instead.