Confidentiality and dissemination of information
Article 16
1. In applying this Directive, the Commission shall take, in accordance with Decision 2001/844/EC, ECSC, Euratom ( 6 ) , appropriate measures to protect information subject to the requirement of confidentiality to which it has access or which is communicated to it by Member States. Member States shall take equivalent measures in accordance with relevant national legislation. 2. Any personnel carrying out security inspections, or handling confidential information related to this Directive, shall have an appropriate level of security vetting by the Member State of which the person concerned is a national.