Security clearance

Clearance of personnel

Requesting the clearance of personnel shall be the responsibility of each department.

(20) shall adopt unanimously the rules for the security clearance of Europol officials;

Each Member State and Europol may entrust with the processing of data at Europol, only those persons who have had special training and undergone security screening.

(4) [Filing Date Where Applicant's Contracting Party Requires a Security Clearance] Notwithstanding paragraph (3), a Contracting Party whose law, at the time that it becomes party to the 1999 Act, requires security clearance may, in a declaration, notify the Director General that the period of one month referred to in that paragraph shall be replaced by a period of six months.

(4) [Filing Date Where Applicant` s Contracting Party Requires a Security Clearance] Notwithstanding paragraph (3), a Contracting Party whose law, at the time that it becomes party to the 1999 Act, requires security clearance may, in a declaration, notify the Director General that the period of one month referred to in that paragraph shall be replaced by a period of six months.

The classified information shall at all times be protected and handled only in facilities with an appropriate facility security clearance in accordance with the applicable security procedures, laws and the GSOMIA or GSOIA.

(4) Prior to the issue of a permit for movement and restraint in areas referred to in the first paragraph of this Article, the competent body, on the proposal of the Administration, shall carry out a security check of persons who have applied for the issue of a permit.

Where Europol has entrusted persons with a sensitive activity, Member States shall undertake to arrange, at the request of the Director of Europol, for security screening of their own nationals to be carried out in accordance with their national provisions and to provide each other with mutual assistance for the purpose.

The Council shall establish a Performance Review Commission and a Safety Regulation Commission.

The Parties shall recognize the certificate on security clearances of persons of the second state issued in accordance with its national legislation.

The relevant authority under national provisions shall inform SELEC only of the results of the security screening, which shall be binding on SELEC.

(3) Upon request, each of the Parties shall cooperate with the other Parties in carrying out their respective security clearance procedures.

The relevant authority under national provisions shall inform Europol only of the results of the security screening, which shall be binding on Europol.

On request, the Competent Security Authorities shall, in accordance with their national laws, co-operate in carrying out vetting procedures.

The Borrower shall, during Project implementation, issue any necessary security clearances required to allow maps of the territory of the Borrower to be processed outside the territory of the Borrower in a timely manner and at a reasonable transaction cost and shall ensure that SMA facilitates the issuance of such security clearances.

No other person shall be authorized to acquaint with the provided classified information only on the basis of his/her rank, position or certificate on security clearance.

a determination following an investigative procedure certifying that a contractor which is a legal entity fulfils the conditions of handling Classified Information in accordance with the national legislation of one of the Parties.

On request, the Competent Security Authorities shall, within the limits set up by their national legislation, assist each other in carrying out security clearance procedures.

(3) No person shall obtain access to classified information except with prior security screening and clearance by their national government according to its national law.

(2) Security clearance procedures shall be designed to determine whether an individual can, taking into account his or her loyalty and trustworthiness, have access to classified information without constituting an unacceptable risk to security.

The approved fitter or workshop shall place a special mark on the seals which it affixes and, in addition, shall enter for a control device in conformity with Appendix 1B, the electronic security data for carrying out, in particular, the authentication checks.

a determination following an investigative procedure in accordance with the national legislation, on the basis of which an individual is authorised to have access to and to handle Classified Information up to the level defined in the clearance;

a positive determination following an investigative procedure to ascertain the capability of a person or entity to have access to and to handle classified information on a certain level in accordance with the respective national security regulations.

Relevant bodies of the states of the Parties are obliged to inform each other about any changes in the certificate on security clearances and the certificate on industrial security which are connected with the activities performed according to this Agreement, especially if they were revoked or the classification level was decreased.

(i) establish an independent performance review system that will address all aspects of air traffic management, including policy and planning, safety management at and around airports and in the airspace, as well as financial and economic aspects of services rendered, and set targets that will address all these aspects;

If the aeronautical authorities of one Party, after carrying out a ramp inspection, find that an aircraft or the operation of an aircraft does not comply with the minimum standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention or there is a lack of effective maintenance and administration of safety standards established at that time pursuant to the Convention, the aeronautical authorities of that Party shall notify the aeronautical authorities of the other Party that are responsible for the safety oversight of the airline operating the aircraft of such findings and the steps considered necessary to conform with these minimum standards.

Should an applicable agreement regarding security of information between the European Community and the United States be concluded in the future, it shall govern the access, maintenance, use and release of Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. For the time being, representatives of the European Commission and staff members of the GALILEO Joint Undertaking and European Space Agency shall be granted oral and visual access to Part 2 for the purposes of implementation of and compliance with this Agreement, on the basis of an established security clearance with a Member State that has a GSOMIA or GSOIA with the United States, in accordance with the national security procedures and laws of the Member State, and with the GSOMIA or GSOIA with the United States.

Assessment and checking of the technical safety of the reactor and of the experimental nuclear plant (safety engineer and technician).

The ship is subject to port State control inspections but such inspections will not normally extend to examination of the SSP itself except in specific circumstances.

The security measures included in the SSP should be in place when the initial verification for compliance with the requirements of chapter XI-2 and part A of this Code will be carried out.

2 if an independent audit of the PFSP or the Contracting Government's testing of the port facility security organisation identifies failings in the organisation or questions the continuing relevance of significant elements of the approved PFSP;.

7 ensuring that deficiencies and non-conformities identified during internal audits, periodic reviews, security inspections and verifications of compliance are promptly addressed and dealt with;.

With a view to enhanced cooperation between the European Union and the Western European Union, the Conference invites the Council to seek the early adoption of appropriate arrangements for the security clearance of the personnel of the General Secretariat of the Council.

The security system and any associated security equipment of the ship after verification shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of regulations XI-2/4.2 and XI-2/6, of this Part of the Code and of the approved ship security plan.

At security level 2, the SSP should establish the additional security measures to be applied during delivery of ship's stores by exercising checks prior to receiving stores on board and intensifying inspections.

When there are regular or repeated cargo movements, the CSO or SSO may, in consultation with the port facility, agree arrangements with shippers or others responsible for such cargo covering off-site checking, sealing, scheduling, supporting documentation, etc.

When there are regular or repeated cargo movements, the CSO or the SSO may, in consultation with the port facility, agree arrangements with shippers or others responsible for such cargo covering off-site checking, sealing, scheduling, supporting documentation, etc.

5 reporting to the company security officer any deficiencies and non-conformities identified during internal audits, periodic reviews, security inspections and verifications of compliance and implementing any corrective actions;.

After any verification under section 19.1.1 has been completed, no changes shall be made in the security system and in any associated security equipment or the approved ship security plan without the sanction of the Administration.

2 has established the necessary arrangements, including arrangements for drills, exercises and internal audits, through which the company security officer is satisfied that the ship will successfully complete the required verification in accordance with section 19.1.1.1, within 6 months;.

Each Member State shall put in place the appropriate means to ensure that third-country aircraft suspected of non-compliance with international safety standards landing at any of its airports open to international air traffic shall be subject to ramp inspections.

This verification shall ensure that the security system and any associated security equipment of the ship fully complies with the applicable requirements of chapter XI-2, this Part of the Code and the approved ship security plan, is in satisfactory condition and fit for the service for which the ship is intended;.

1 an initial verification before the ship is put in service or before the certificate required under section 19.2 is issued for the first time, which shall include a complete verification of its security system and any associated security equipment covered by the relevant provisions of chapter XI-2, of this Part of the Code and of the approved ship security plan.

Within the framework of the Community's overall strategy to establish and maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in Europe, this Directive introduces a harmonised approach to the effective enforcement of international safety standards within the Community by harmonising the rules and procedures for ramp inspections of third-country aircraft landing at airports located in the Member States.

The notified body, its director and the staff responsible for carrying out the verification operations may not be either the designer, manufacturer, supplier or installer of the safety components or subsystems which they inspect or the authorised representative of any of those parties or the natural or legal person, who places these safety components or subsystems on the market.

shall adopt unanimously the rules for the security clearance of Europol officials;

General rules on the need-to-know principle and security clearance

GENERAL RULES ON THE NEED-TO-KNOW PRINCIPLE AND SECURITY CLEARANCE