Decision 2002/956/JHA is hereby amended as follows:
1.
Article 2 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision, “public figure” shall mean any person, either in an official capacity or in a non-official position to whom a protection service is assigned in accordance with the national legislation of a Member State or pursuant to the regulations of an international or supranational organisation or institution.’;
2.
the following point is added to Article 4:
‘(f)
favouring contacts concerning the application of protection in cases where the protection of public figures has to be assured in two or more Member States between the relevant authorities within the Member States responsible for rendering protection services, either through the contact points or by means of direct contacts between the responsible services, as communicated by the contact points.’.