Security authorisations
Article 15
1. The LSO shall maintain a record of all posts within the department that require a Commission security authorisation and the staff occupying those posts. The requirement for a security authorisation must be specified in the vacancy notice during the recruitment process and notified to the candidate during the interview. 2. The LSO shall oversee all requests for security authorisations for access to EUCI. The LSO shall be the contact point within the department and shall liaise with the CSA for the security authorisations. 3. The LSO shall initiate the request to launch the security authorisation procedure in respect of the staff member concerned and shall ensure that the staff member returns the national security clearance questionnaire promptly to the CSA. 4. The LSO shall ensure that security cleared staff members in the department follow the mandatory EUCI briefing in order to obtain their security authorisation. 5. The LSO shall regularly liaise with the human resources service of the department for information on all changes to posts requiring a security authorisation and shall inform the CSA immediately of any such change. 6. The LSO shall inform the CSA of the arrival of a new staff member holding an existing security clearance to take up a post that requires a security authorised staff member. 7. The LSO shall ensure that staff members in the department complete the procedure to renew a security clearance by the required deadline. Any staff member who refuses to complete the procedure shall be obliged to transfer to a post that does not require a security authorised staff member.