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Document 11957A024
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER II: DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, SECTION III: SECURITY PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 24
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER II: DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, SECTION III: SECURITY PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 24
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER II: DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, SECTION III: SECURITY PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 24
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11957A024
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER II: DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION, SECTION III: SECURITY PROVISIONS, ARTICLE 24
++++ ARTICLE 24 INFORMATION WHICH THE COMMUNITY ACQUIRES AS A RESULT OF CARRYING OUT ITS RESEARCH PROGRAMME , AND THE DISCLOSURE OF WHICH IS LIABLE TO HARM THE DEFENCE INTERESTS OF ONE OR MORE MEMBER STATES , SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A SECURITY SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS : 1 . THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , ADOPT SECURITY REGULATIONS WHICH , ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE , LAY DOWN THE VARIOUS SECURITY GRADINGS TO BE APPLIED AND THE SECURITY MEASURES APPROPRIATE TO EACH GRADING . 2 . WHERE THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS THAT THE DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IS LIABLE TO HARM THE DEFENCE INTERESTS OF ONE OR MORE MEMBER STATES , IT SHALL PROVISIONALLY APPLY TO THAT INFORMATION THE SECURITY GRADING REQUIRED IN THAT CASE BY THE SECURITY REGULATIONS . IT SHALL COMMUNICATE SUCH INFORMATION FORTHWITH TO THE MEMBER STATES , WHICH SHALL PROVISIONALLY ENSURE ITS SECURITY IN THE SAME MANNER . MEMBER STATES SHALL INFORM THE COMMISSION WITHIN THREE MONTHS WHETHER THEY WISH TO MAINTAIN THE GRADING PROVISIONALLY APPLIED , SUBSTITUTE ANOTHER OR DECLASSIFY THE INFORMATION . UPON THE EXPIRY OF THIS PERIOD , THE HIGHEST GRADING OF THOSE REQUESTED SHALL BE APPLIED . THE COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE MEMBER STATES ACCORDINGLY . AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION OR OF A MEMBER STATE , THE COUNCIL MAY , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY , AT ANY TIME APPLY ANOTHER GRADING OR DECLASSIFY THE INFORMATION . THE COUNCIL SHALL OBTAIN THE OPINION OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE TAKING ANY ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM A MEMBER STATE . 3 . THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLES 12 AND 13 SHALL NOT APPLY TO INFORMATION SUBJECT TO A SECURITY GRADING . NEVERTHELESS , PROVIDED THAT THE APPROPRIATE SECURITY MEASURES ARE OBSERVED , ( A ) THE INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 12 AND 13 MAY BE COMMUNICATED BY THE COMMISSION : ( I ) TO A JOINT UNDERTAKING ; ( II ) TO A PERSON OR UNDERTAKING OTHER THAN A JOINT UNDERTAKING , THROUGH THE MEMBER STATE IN WHOSE TERRITORY THAT PERSON OR UNDERTAKING OPERATES ; ( B ) THE INFORMATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 13 MAY BE COMMUNICATED BY A MEMBER STATE TO A PERSON OR TO AN UNDERTAKING OTHER THAN A JOINT UNDERTAKING , OPERATING IN THE TERRITORY OF THAT STATE , PROVIDED THAT THE COMMISSION IS NOTIFIED OF THIS COMMUNICATION ; ( C ) EACH MEMBER STATE HAS , MOREOVER , THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSION TO GRANT A LICENCE UNDER ARTICLE 12 TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT STATE OR THOSE OF A PERSON OR UNDERTAKING OPERATING IN ITS TERRITORY .
