CELEX: 32020D0961
Language: en
Date: 2020-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision (EU) 2020/961 of 29 June 2020 granting Mr Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET

3.7.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 211/18
               
            
         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/961
         of 29 June 2020
         granting Mr Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET
         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
         Having regard to Council Decision 2013/488/EU of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (1), and in particular point (a) of paragraph 18 of Annex I thereof,
         Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2017/262 of 6 February 2017 determining, for the General Secretariat of the Council, the appointing authority and the authority empowered to conclude contracts of employment, and repealing Decision 2013/811/EU (2),
         Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2020/618 of 30 April 2020 appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2025 (3),
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     The competent Danish national security authority gave a positive assurance on 11 June 2020 with regard to access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET by Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     It is necessary, owing to his assignment and the needs of the service, to authorise Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN to have access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET held by the Council and the European Council,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            
               1.   Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN is hereby granted authorisation for access to information classified up to level TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET held by the Council and the European Council for the purposes of his assignment.
            
            
               2.   The authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be valid for the duration of the assignment for which this authorisation is granted and shall not exceed a period of five years, starting from the date this Decision takes effect.
            
         
         
            Article 2
            This Decision shall take effect on 1 July 2020.
         
         
            Article 3
            This Decision is addressed to Mr Jeppe TRANHOLM-MIKKELSEN.
         
         
            Done at Brussels, 29 June 2020.
            
               
                  For the Council
               
               
                  The President
               
               A. METELKO-ZGOMBIĆ
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1.
         
            (2)  OJ L 39, 16.2.2017, p. 4.
         
            (3)  OJ L 143, 6.5.2020, p. 11.