Operational procedures
Article 10
1. The High Representative shall prepare, and submit for approval to the PSC, the necessary operational procedures for the practical implementation of the provisions set out in this Decision as regards a Union response referred to in Articles 5 to 9. For that purpose, the High Representative shall be supported by experts from Member States, the Commission, the Agency and the relevant appointed security monitoring structure, as appropriate. 2. The operational procedures referred to in paragraph 1 may include predefined instructions to be implemented by the EEAS, the Agency or any relevant appointed security monitoring structure, as appropriate. 3. Within a year after the security configuration of the committee established under Article 107(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2021/696 has determined, on the basis of the risk and threat analysis performed by the Commission pursuant to Article 34(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/696, under the procedure referred to in Article 107(3) thereof, whether a system set up or a service provided, or both, under a particular component of the Union Programme is security sensitive, the Agency shall prepare and submit to the High Representative, the necessary procedures for the practical implementation of the provisions set out in Article 6 in this Decision as regards the system or service concerned, or both. For that purpose, the Agency shall be supported by experts from Member States, the Commission, the EEAS and the relevant appointed security monitoring structure, as appropriate. 4. The operational procedures shall be reviewed by the High Representative at least every two years, in particular as a result of a lessons-learned review process following a yearly exercise on the implementation of this Decision, or at the request of a Member State, and shall be submitted to the PSC for approval. 5. The High Representative shall inform the PSC at least once a year of the ongoing activities carried out for the practical implementation of this Decision.