Council Decision (EU) 2019/2247 of 19 December 2019 amending Decision 2013/488/EU on the security rules for protecting EU classified information

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Article 1

Appendices B and C to Decision 2013/488/EU are replaced by the text appearing respectively in Annexes 1 and 2 to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I ‘APPENDIX B

ANNEX I

‘APPENDIX B

EQUIVALENCE OF SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONS

EU

TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET

SECRET UE/EU SECRET

CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL

RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED

Belgium

Très Secret (Loi 11.12.1998)

Zeer Geheim (Wet 11.12.1998)

Secret (Loi 11.12.1998)

Geheim (Wet 11.12.1998)

Confidentiel (Loi 11.12.1998)

Vertrouwelijk (Wet 11.12.1998)

nota  ( 1 ) below

Bulgaria

Cтpoгo ceкретно

Ceкретно

Поверително

За служебно ползване

Czechia

Přísně tajné

Tajné

Důvěrné

Vyhrazené

Denmark

YDERST HEMMELIGT

HEMMELIGT

FORTROLIGT

TIL TJENESTEBRUG

Germany

STRENG GEHEIM

GEHEIM

VS  ( 2 ) - VERTRAULICH

VS - NUR FÜR DEN DIENSTGEBRAUCH

Estonia

Täiesti salajane

Salajane

Konfidentsiaalne

Piiratud

Ireland

Top Secret

Secret

Confidential

Restricted

Greece

Άκρως Απόρρητο

Abr: ΑΑΠ

Απόρρητο

Abr: (ΑΠ)

Εμπιστευτικό

Αbr: (ΕΜ)

Περιορισμένης Χρήσης

Abr: (ΠΧ)

Spain

SECRETO

RESERVADO

CONFIDENCIAL

DIFUSIÓN LIMITADA

France

Très Secret Défense

Secret Défense

Confidentiel Défense

nota  ( 3 ) below

Croatia

VRLO TAJNO

TAJNO

POVJERLJIVO

OGRANIČENO

Italy

Segretissimo

Segreto

Riservatissimo

Riservato

Cyprus

Άκρως Απόρρητο

Αbr: (ΑΑΠ)

Απόρρητο

Αbr: (ΑΠ)

Εμπιστευτικό

Αbr: (ΕΜ)

Περιορισμένης Χρήσης

Αbr: (ΠΧ)

Latvia

Sevišķi slepeni

Slepeni

Konfidenciāli

Dienesta vajadzībām

Lithuania

Visiškai slaptai

Slaptai

Konfidencialiai

Riboto naudojimo

Luxembourg

Très Secret Lux

Secret Lux

Confidentiel Lux

Restreint Lux

Hungary

Szigorúan titkos!

Titkos!

Bizalmas!

Korlátozott terjesztésű!

Malta

L-Ogħla Segretezza

Top Secret

Sigriet

Secret

Kunfidenzjali

Confidential

Ristrett

Restricted  ( 4 )

Netherlands

Stg. ZEER GEHEIM

Stg. GEHEIM

Stg. CONFIDENTIEEL

Dep. VERTROUWELIJK

Austria

Streng Geheim

Geheim

Vertraulich

Eingeschränkt

Poland

Ściśle Tajne

Tajne

Poufne

Zastrzeżone

Portugal

Muito Secreto

Secreto

Confidencial

Reservado

Romania

Strict secret de importanță deosebită

Strict secret

Secret

Secret de serviciu

Slovenia

STROGO TAJNO

TAJNO

ZAUPNO

INTERNO

Slovakia

Prísne tajné

Tajné

Dôverné

Vyhradené

Finland

ERITTÄIN SALAINEN YTTERST HEMLIG

SALAINEN HEMLIG

LUOTTAMUKSELLINEN KONFIDENTIELL

KÄYTTÖ RAJOITETTU BEGRÄNSAD TILLGÅNG

Sweden

Kvaliciferat hemlig

Hemlig

Konfidentiell

Begränsat hemlig

United Kingdom

UK TOP SECRET

UK SECRET

nota  ( 5 ) below

UK OFFICIAL SENSITIVE

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( 1 )   Diffusion Restreinte/Beperkte Verspreiding is not a security classification in Belgium. Belgium handles and protects “RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED” information in a manner no less stringent than the standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of the European Union.

( 2 )   Germany: VS = Verschlusssache.

( 3 )   France does not use the classification “RESTREINT” in its national system. France handles and protects “RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED” information in a manner no less stringent than the standards and procedures described in the security rules of the Council of the European Union.

( 4 )   The Maltese and English markings for Malta can be used interchangeably.

( 5 )   The UK no longer uses the classification “UK CONFIDENTIAL” in its national system. The UK handles and protects “CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL” classified information in accordance with the protective security requirements for “UK SECRET”.

ANNEX II ‘APPENDIX C

ANNEX II

‘APPENDIX C

LIST OF NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORITIES (NSAs)

BELGIUM

Autorité nationale de Sécurité

SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement

15, rue des Petits Carmes

1000 Bruxelles

Tel. Secretariat: [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

ESTONIA

National Security Authority Department

Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service

Rahumäe tee 4B

11316 Tallinn

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

BULGARIA

State Commission on Information Security

4 Kozloduy Str.

1202 Sofia

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.dksi.bg

IRELAND

National Security Authority

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

76 - 78 Harcourt Street

Dublin 2

D02 DX45 Ireland

Tel. 1: [phone]

Tel. 2: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

CZECHIA

Národní bezpečnostní úřad

(National Security Authority)

Na Popelce 2/16

150 06 Praha 56

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.nbu.cz

GREECE

Γενικό Επιτελείο Εθνικής Άμυνας (ΓΕΕΘΑ)

Διεύθυνση Ασφαλείας και Αντιπληροφοριών

ΣΤΓ 1020 -Χολαργός (Αθήνα)

Ελλάδα

Τηλ.: [phone] (ώρες γραφείου)

[phone] (ώρες γραφείου)

Φαξ: [phone]

[phone]

Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS)

Counter Intelligence and Security Directorate (NSA)

227-231 HOLARGOS

STG 1020 ATHENS

Tel. [phone]

[phone]

Fax [phone]

[phone]

DENMARK

Politiets Efterretningstjeneste

(Danish Security Intelligence Service)

Klausdalsbrovej 1

2860 Søborg

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste

(Danish Defence Intelligence Service)

Kastellet 30

2100 Copenhagen Ø

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

SPAIN

Autoridad Nacional de Seguridad

Oficina Nacional de Seguridad

Calle Argentona, 30

28023 Madrid

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

GERMANY

Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat

Section ÖS II 5

Alt-Moabit 140

D-10557 Berlin

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email 1: [email protected]

Email 2: [email protected]

FRANCE

Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale

Sous-direction Protection du secret (SGDSN/PSD)

51 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg

75700 Paris 07 SP

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

CROATIA

Office of the National Security Council

Croatian NSA

Jurjevska 34

10000 Zagreb

Croatia

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.uvns.hr

LUXEMBOURG

Autorité nationale de Sécurité

Boîte postale 2379

1023 Luxembourg

Tel. [phone] central

Tel. [phone] direct

Fax [phone]

ITALY

Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri

D.I.S. - U.C.Se

Via di Santa Susanna, 15

00187 Roma

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

HUNGARY

Nemzeti Biztonsági Felügyelet

(National Security Authority of Hungary)

1024 Budapest, Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor 11/B

Postal address: 1399 Budapest, Pf. 710/50

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.nbf.hu

CYPRUS

ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΑΜΥΝΑΣ

ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΙΚΟ ΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΙΟ TΟΥ ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΥ ΑΜΥΝΑΣ

ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΗ ΑΣΦΑΛΕΙΑΣ (ΕΑΑ)

Υπουργείο Άμυνας

Λεωφόρος Στροβόλου 172-174, 1432

Λευκωσία

Ταχυδρομικός Κώδικας: 2048

Τηλεφωνα: [phone], [phone], [phone]

Τηλεομοιότυπ: [phone]

Ηλεκτρονικό Ταχυδρομείο: [email protected]

Ministry of Defence

Minister’s Military Staff

National Security Authority (NSA)

172-174 Strovolou Avenue, 1432

Nicosia

Postal code: 2048

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

MALTA

Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security

P.O. Box 146

MT-Valletta

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

LATVIA

National Security Authority

Constitution Protection Bureau of the Republic of Latvia

P.O.Box 286

LV-1001 Riga

Tel. [phone]

Email: [email protected]

NETHERLANDS

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Postbus 20010

2500 EA Den Haag

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Ministerie van Defensie

Beveiligingsautoriteit

Postbus 20701

2500 ES Den Haag

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

LITHUANIA

Lietuvos Respublikos paslapčių apsaugos koordinavimo komisija

(The Commission for Secrets Protection Coordination of the Republic of Lithuania

National Security Authority)

Pilaitės ave. 19

LT-06264 Vilnius

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

AUSTRIA

Informationssicherheitskommission

Bundeskanzleramt

Ballhausplatz 2

1010 Wien

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

POLAND

Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego — ABW

(Internal Security Agency)

2A Rakowiecka St.

00-993 Warszawa

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.abw.gov.pl

SLOVAKIA

Národný bezpečnostný úrad

(National Security Authority)

Budatínska 30

851 06 Bratislava

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.nbu.gov.sk

PORTUGAL

Presidência do Conselho de Ministros

Autoridade Nacional de Segurança

Rua da Junqueira, 69

1300-342 Lisboa

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

FINLAND

National Security Authority

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

P.O. Box 453

FI-00023 Government

Tel. [phone]

Email: [email protected]

ROMANIA

Oficiul Registrului Național al Informațiilor Secrete de Stat

– Romanian NSA – ORNISS

National Registry Office for Classified Information

Strada Mureș nr. 4

012275 Bucharest

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.orniss.ro

SWEDEN

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Swedish National Security Authority

103 39 Stockholm

Tel. [phone]

Email: [email protected]

SLOVENIA

Urad Vlade RS za varovanje tajnih podatkov

Gregorčičeva 27

1000 Ljubljana

Tel. [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email: [email protected]

UNITED KINGDOM

UK National Security Authority

Cabinet Office

Room 335

70 Whitehall

London

SW1A 2AS

Tel. 1: [phone]

Tel. 2: [phone]

Email: [email protected]

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