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Decision (EU) 2016/2386 Article 1

Decision (EU) 2016/2386 Article 1

Definitions

Article 1

For the purposes of this decision, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘security authority’ means the authority responsible for the security of the Court of Justice of the European Union designated by the latter, which may delegate, in whole or in part, the performance of the tasks provided for by this decision; (b) ‘FIDUCIA office’ means the office of the Court of Justice of the European Union responsible for the management of FIDUCIA information; (c) ‘holder’ means a duly authorised person who, on the basis of an established need to know, is in possession of FIDUCIA information and who is, in consequence, required to ensure its protection; (d) ‘document’ means any information, whatever its physical form or characteristics; (e) ‘information’ means any written or oral information, whatever its medium or author; (f) ‘European Union classified information’ (EUCI) means any information or any material identified as such according to the security classification of the European Union under the rules applicable in that respect within the EU institutions, covered by one of the following levels of classification: — TRÈS SECRET UE/EU TOP SECRET; — SECRET UE/EU SECRET; — CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL; — RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED; (g) ‘FIDUCIA information’ means any information bearing the FIDUCIA mark; (h) ‘handling’ of FIDUCIA information means all treatment which FIDUCIA information could undergo during the proceedings before the Court of Justice. Its registration, consultation, creation, copying, storage, return and destruction are accordingly covered.

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