Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 238 in 2004 (April 6. 19. § 7) the provisions of the agreement between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty for information security Issued in accordance with the law "on State secret" article 7 eighth 1. Agreement between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty on the security of information (hereinafter referred to as the agreement) with these terms are accepted and approved. 2. the agreement shall enter into force on its article 7 within the prescribed time and manner. Prime Minister i. Emsis, in place of the Minister of Defence Minister of the ER and adopted Johnson was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on 6 April 2004 the Regulation No. 238 agreements between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty on the information security in 1949 on April 4 in the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington; Reaffirming that the rational political consultation, cooperation and protection planning in the attainment of the objectives of the Treaty is associated with the exchange of classified information between the parties; Considered as necessary rules among the parties of the North Atlantic Treaty Governments about the classified information, which they can exchange, mutual protection and safeguarding; Realizing the need for a general safety standard and the structure of the agenda; Acting on their own behalf and on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, have agreed as follows: article 1 the parties undertake: (i) protect and ensure: (a) the origin of NATO (see annex 2) or NATO Member States submitted the classified information (see annex 1), marked as such; (b) classified information marked as such by one Member State shall provide the other supporting the NATO program, project or contract; (ii) to maintain the security classification of the information, set out in the previous paragraph (i), and to make every effort in its appropriate protection; (iii) not use classified information specified in the previous paragraph, (i) for any other purpose, other than those laid down in the North Atlantic Treaty, as well as the decisions and judgements relating to this agreement; (iv) not disclose the information specified in the previous paragraph, (i) any country which is not a NATO Member State, without the consent of the source of information. Article 2 pursuant to article 1 of this agreement, the Parties shall ensure the establishment of the national security authority of the NATO action, which will be the implementation of the measures of protection. The parties must define and implement security standards which ensure a uniform level of protection of classified information. Article 3 (1) the parties must ensure that all the persons of their duties required or granted access to information classified as confidential, and the information set out above, be appropriately verified before the commencement of their duties. (2) provision should be made for the security checks in order to determine whether individuals in the light of their loyalty and trust, can be granted access to classified information without creating an unacceptable risk to safety. (3) upon request, each Party shall cooperate with the other parties of their respective security clearance procedure. Article 4 of this agreement, the Secretary-General shall ensure the application of the provisions concerned NATO (see annex 3). Article 5 this agreement does not in any way prevent the parties from concluding other agreements relating to the exchange of classified information between the parties, without prejudice to the scope of this agreement. Article 6 (a) this agreement is open for signature by the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, and it requires ratification, acceptance or approval.-. Instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval must be submitted to the Government of the United States of America. (b)) this Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after the date on which two signatory countries submitted their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval. For all other signatory States this Agreement shall enter into force thirty days after the State concerned has submitted its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. (c) in respect of the parties to this agreement, this Agreement supersedes the "North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the security of the parties to the Treaty", approved by the North Atlantic Council on 19 April 1952, a D.C. Addition annex 2/7 (paragraph 1), and which then included C-M (55) 15 (Final) in the Appendix (1), by the North Atlantic Council approved the 2 March 1955. Article 7 this agreement remains available for any new countries of the North Atlantic Treaty for adoption in accordance with their constitutional procedures. This country of acceptance must be submitted to the Government of the United States of America. For each country adopted this Agreement shall enter into force thirty days following its adoption. Article 8 the Government of the United States of America shall inform the other parties to the Government for all the instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or acceptance. Article 9 of this agreement can derogate, by submitting a written resignation notice to any party that has submitted [deposit of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or adoption] document, and must inform on the following statement of all other parties. Such resignation shall take effect one year after the requesting party document has received the notification, but shall not affect the obligations already tied ones-or to the rights and benefits that the parties already acquired under this agreement. What, the person at the bottom of the subscription after the authority of the Government in has signed this agreement. Signed In Brussels, ____. year __. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in a single copy in the English and French languages; both versions have the same legal force and the agreement is transferred to the United States Government archives, and certified copies are passed all the other signatory Governments. This arrangement is currently awaiting the following ratification of the Governments of the Member States of NATO: Belgium, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. "Between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the security of the parties concluded an agreement" contained C-M (55) 15 (Final) Appendix "A" shall remain in force for countries not yet ratified. Annex I this annex is an integral part of the contract. NATO classified information is defined as follows: (a)) information is knowledge that can be made available in any way; b) classified information is information or material in respect of which there is a particular need to protect them against unauthorized disclosure or distribution, the degree of security; (c)) with the term "material" means both the documents and the technical, equipment or weapons, either is already produced, or still in the process of production; (d)) with the term "document" means any fixed information regardless of its physical form or characteristics, including, without any exceptions, also written or printed information, data processing cards and ribbons, topographic and navigation maps, photos, illustrations, drawings, engravings, sketches, notes, and copies of the working papers, a typewriter ribbon or in any other way acquire copies of any type of sound, voice, electronic, magnetic, optical or video, portable automatic data processing hardware with built-in computer data storage hardware and removable computer data storage hardware. Annex II this annex is an integral part of the contract. In this agreement the term "NATO" means the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the institutions subject to either 20 1951 in Ottawa in September signed a contract for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, national representatives and international staff status, or 28 august 1952 in Paris signed a Protocol on international military headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty status. Annex III this annex is an integral part of the contract. Consultations with military commanders in order to respect them.

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY FOR THE SECURITY OF INFORMATION

The parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Washington on 4th April, 1949; Reaffirming that effective political consultation, cooperation and planning for defence in achieving the objective of the Treaty entail the exchange of classified information among the parties; Considering that provision between the Governments of the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty for the mutual protection and safeguarding of the classified information they may interchange with cessary not; Realising that a general framework for security standards and procedures is required; Acting on their own behalf and on behalf of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, have agreed as follows: article 1 the Parties shall: (i) protect and safeguards: (a) classified information (see Annex I), marked as such, which is originated by NATO (see Annex II) or which is submitted by a member of NATO it stater (b) information marked as classified, such, of the member States submitted to another member State in support of a NATO programme , project, or contract, (ii) maintain the security classification of information as defined under (i) above and make every effort to safeguard it accordingly; (iii) not use classified information as defined under (i) above for the purpose of others than those put down in the North Atlantic Treaty and the decisions and resolutions pertaining to that Treaty; (iv) Note the information as defined under disclos Sochi (i) above their non-NATO parties without the consent of the originator. Article 2 to article 1 Pursuan of this agreement, the Parties shall ensur the establishment of a National Security Authority for NATO activities which shall implementations that protective security measure. The Parties shall establish and implementations that security standards which shall ensur a common degree of protection for classified information. Article 3 (1) the Parties shall ensur that all persons of their nationality by the who, respectiv in the conduct of their official duties, require or may have access to information classified CONFIDENTIAL and above are appropriately cleared before they take up their duties. (2) the Security clearance procedures shall be designed to determin an individual can, taking the whethers the fint account his or her loyalty and trustworthines, have access to classified information without constituting an unacceptabl it security risks. (3) Upon request, each of the Parties shall cooperate with the other parties in carrying out their respectiv security clearance procedures. Article 4 the Secretary General shall ensur that the relevant provision of this agreement with applied by NATO (see Annex III). Article 5 the present agreement in no way prevents the parties from making other agreements relating to the exchange of classified information originated by them and not regimes the scope of the present agreement. Article 6 (a) of this Agreement shall be open for signature by the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval. The instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America; (b) this Agreement shall enter the fint force thirty days after the date of deposit by two signatory States of their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval. It shall enter the force for each others fint signatory State thirty days after the deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval. (c) this Agreement shall with respect to the parties for which it entered the force supersed fint the "Security Agreement by the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to the" approved by the North Atlantic Council in the Annex to Appendix A (paragraph 1) the enclosure to D.C. 2/7, on 19th April, 1952, and subsequently incorporated in the enclosure "A" (paragraph 1) the C-M (55) 15 (Final) , approved by the North Atlantic Council on 2nd March, 1955 article 7 this Agreement shall remain open for accession by any Party to the North Atlantic in the new Treaty, in accordanc with its own constitutional procedures. It is the instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Government of the United States of America. It shall enter in respect of fint force of each acceding State thirty days after the day of the deposit of its instrument of accession. Article 8 the Government of the United States of America shall inform the Governments of the other parties of the deposit of each instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession. Article 9 this agreement may be denounced by written notice of denunciation by any Party given to the depository which shall inform all the other parties of such notice. Such denunciation shall take effect one year after receipt of the notification by the depository, but shall not be an obligation already contracted and affec the rights previously acquired by the prerogativ or the parties under the provision of this agreement. In witness whereof the undersigned, duty authorized to this effect by their Governments, the respectiv have signed this agreement. Done in Brussels, this 6th day of April, 1997, in a single copy in the English and French languages, each text being equally authoritativ, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America and of which shall be transmitted to the cop certified by that Government to each of the others to the signator. Annex I this Annex forms an integral part of the agreement. NATO information is defined as follows Classifieds: (a) information means knowledge that can be communicated in any form; (b) information means information or material classified determined to require protection against unauthorized disclosure which has been so designated by a security classification; (c) the word "material" includes documents and also any item of machinery or equipment or weapon either manufactured or in the process of manufacture; (d) the word "document" means any recorded information, regardless_of of its physical form or characteristics, including, without limitations, written or printed matter, data processing cards and tapes, maps, charts, photographs, painting, drawing, engraving, sketch, working notes and papers, and ink ribbons for carbon cop, or reproduction by an means or process, and sound, voice or electronic, magnetic or optical or video recording in any form , and portable ADP equipment with resident computer storage media, and removable computer storage media. Annex II this Annex forms an integral part of the agreement. For the purpose of the present agreement, the term "NATO" North Atlantic Treaty denot the Organizations and the bodies governed either by the agreement on the status of the North Atlantic Treaty Orgnization, National representatives and International Staff, signed in Ottawa on 20th September, 1951 or by the Protocol on the status of International Military headquarters set up to the North Atlantic pursuan Treaty , signed in Paris on 28th August, 1952 Annex III this Annex forms an integral part of the agreement. Consultation takes place with the military commander in order to respect their prerogativ.