NATO-Unia Europejska. Agreement on the Security of Information. Ateny.2003.03.14.
Dz.U.UE.L.2003.80.36
Akt obowiązującyAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION ON THE SECURITY OF INFORMATION
represented by the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, acting on the basis of Article 24 of the Treaty on the European Union,
His Excellency Mr Georgios A. Papandreou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic
and
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, hereafter NATO,
represented by the Secretary-General of NATO,
the Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
Hereinafter referred to as the Parties,
Considering the "North Atlantic Treaty" signed at Washington on 4 April 1949;
Considering the Treaty on the European Union done in Maastricht on 7 February 1992, as subsequently amended;
Considering the "Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Security of Information" done at Brussels on 6 March 1997;
Considering that the Ministerial Meeting of the North Atlantic Council held in Florence on 24 May 2000 tasked the Secretary-General of NATO to immediately initiate contacts with the EU and to prepare the ground for the future security arrangements between the two Parties in anticipation of the envisaged consultations on this matter;
Considering that, following the decisions taken by the Heads of State and Government of NATO Member States at Washington and subsequent Ministerial Meetings and by the European Council at Feira, Nice, Göteborg and Laeken, NATO and the EU agree that consultations and cooperation will be developed on questions of common interest relating to security, defence and crisis management, so that crises can be met with the most appropriate military response and effective crisis management ensured;
Considering that the EU objectives in the field of military capabilities and those arising, for those countries concerned, from NATO's defence capabilities initiative are mutually reinforcing;
Recognising that full and effective consultation and cooperation may require access to EU and NATO classified information and material, as well as the exchange of classified information and related material between the EU and NATO;
Conscious that such access to and exchange of classified information and related material requires appropriate security measures;
Noting the Interim Security Arrangement between the General Secretariat of the EU Council and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation through an Exchange of Letters between their respective Secretaries-General dated 26 July 2000,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
For the European Union | For the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
(podpis pominięto) | (podpis pominięto) |
Georgios A. PAPANDREOU | George ROBERTSON |