Security measures regarding physical security and assets
Article 8
1. Security of assets shall be ensured by applying appropriate physical and technical protective measures and corresponding procedures, hereinafter called ‘physical security’, creating a multi-layered system. 2. Measures may be adopted pursuant to this Article in order to protect persons or information in the Commission as well as to protect assets. 3. Physical security shall have the following objectives: — preventing acts of violence directed against Members of the Commission or persons falling within the scope of this Decision, — preventing espionage and eavesdropping on sensitive or classified information, — preventing theft, acts of vandalism, sabotage and other violent actions aimed at damaging or destroying Commission buildings and assets, — enabling investigation and inquiry into security incidents including through checks on access and exit control log files, CCTV coverage, telephone call recordings and similar data as referred to in Article 22(2) hereunder and other information sources. 4. Physical security shall include: — an access policy applicable to any person or vehicle requiring access to Commission premises, including the parking lots, — an access control system comprising guards, technical equipment and measures, information systems or a combination of all of those elements. 5. In order to ensure physical security, the following actions may be taken: — recording entry to and exit from Commission premises of persons, vehicles, goods and equipment, — identity controls at its premises, — inspection of vehicles, goods and equipment by visual or technical means, — preventing unauthorised persons, vehicles and goods, from entering Commission premises.