Decision of the High Representative of the Union or Foreign… Article 8

Classified documents

Article 8

1. Where an application for access to a document concerns a document within the scope of Article 9 of the Regulation or another document classified under the EEAS security rules, it shall be handled by staff members authorised to acquaint themselves with the document. 2. Reasons shall be given on the basis of the exceptions listed in Article 4 of the Regulation for any decision refusing access to all or part of a classified document. If the requested document cannot be refused on the basis of those exceptions, the official handling the application shall ensure that the document is de-classified before it is sent to the applicant.

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