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THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNION FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY,

Having regard to the Council Decision 2010/427/EU of 26 July 2010 establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action ServiceOJ L 201, 3.8.2010, p. 30 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2010/427/oj. , and in particular Article 10(1) thereof,

Appendix B to the Decision ADMIN(2023) 18 of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 19 June 2023 on the security rules for the European External Action Service is replaced by the text appearing in Annex I to this Decision.

The Decision shall enter into force on the day following its signature.

OJ L 201, 3.8.2010, p. 30 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2010/427/oj.

(1) Appendix B to the Decision of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of 19 June 2023 on the security rules for the European External Action ServiceOJ C 263, 26.7.2023, p. 16 . (Decision ADMIN(2023)18, hereinafter the EEAS Security Rules) contains a table setting out the equivalence of security classifications of the EU, Euratom and EU Member States.

(2) On 14 April 2025 , Belgium notified the General Secretariat of the Council of changes to its security classifications. Those changes introduce a fourth Belgian classification level RESTREINT (Loi 11.12.1998 ) – BEPERKT (Wet 11.12.1998 ).

(3) On 18 July 2025 , the Council adopted Council Decision (EU) 2025/1540 of 18 July 2025 amending Decision 2013/488/EU on the security rules for protecting EU classified informationOJ L, 2025/1540, 25.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1540/oj. by which the Council replaced, among others, the table of equivalence of security classifications annexed to Council Decision 2013/488/EUCouncil Decision 2013/488/EU of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/488/oj). .

(4) In order to take account of the changes in the Belgian rules on security classifications and to ensure coherence of the EEAS Security Rules with the security classifications applied by the Council, Appendix B to the EEAS Security Rules should be replaced by a new text.

(5) Pursuant to Article 15(4)(a) of the EEAS Security Rules, the EEAS Security Committee has been consulted on 16 January 2026 ,

OJ C 263, 26.7.2023, p. 16 .

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OJ L, 2025/1540, 25.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1540/oj.

Council Decision 2013/488/EU of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/488/oj).

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: