Document ID: 32004D0194

Council Decision
of 10 February 2004
amending Decision 2001/264/EC adopting the Council's security regulations
(2004/194/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 207(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Decision 2002/682/EC, Euratom of 22 July 2002 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure(1), and in particular Article 24 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Appendices 1 and 2 to the Security Regulations of the Council of the European Union annexed to Decision 2001/264/EC(2) contain a list of national security authorities (NSAs) and a table of comparison including national security classifications, respectively.
(2) On 16 April 2003, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic signed the Treaty concerning their accession to the European Union(3).
(3) According to Article 2(2) of Decision 2001/264/EC, those States have to take appropriate measures to ensure that, when EU classified information is handled, the Council's security regulations are respected.
(4) In order to take into account those States in the abovementioned Appendices, it is therefore necessary, from a technical point of view, to amend Decision 2001/264/EC.
(5) Appendix 2 to Decision 2001/264/EC indicates that correspondence with NATO classification levels will be established when the Security Agreement between the European Union and NATO is negotiated.
(6) An Agreement(4) on the security of information was signed between the European Union and NATO on 14 March 2003.
(7) It is therefore also necessary to introduce correspondence with NATO classification levels in Appendix 2 to the abovementioned Decision,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
Decision 2001/264/EC is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Appendix 1 is replaced by the document in Annex I to this Decision;
(b) Appendix 2 is replaced by the document in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 2
1. This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication.
2. It shall apply only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of the 2003 Treaty of Accession, signed in Athens on 16 April 2003.
Done at Brussels, 10 February 2004.

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