--- title: "Article 89 — Security rules on the protection of classified and sensitive non-classified information" type: regulation legal_status: in_force source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1620-20251110" source_retrieved: 2026-10-08 shortTitle: "Article 89 — Security rules on the protection of classified and sensitive non-classified information" instrument_type: level1_regulation authority: Commission binding: true binding_character: binding mica_level2: false legal_basis: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1620" instrument: amla celex: "32024R1620" regulation: AMLA regulation-full: "Regulation (EU) 2024/1620" article: 89 status: in_force object_id: eu.amla.legal_text.article.89 text_version: "Consolidated version of 10 November 2025" source_url: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1620-20251110" check_status: matched verified: true last_checked: 2026-11-09 --- *In force · Consolidated version of 10 November 2025 · Verified 9 Nov 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02024R1620-20251110)* 1. The Authority shall adopt its own security rules equivalent to the Commission’s security rules for protecting European Union Classified Information (EUCI) and sensitive non-classified information, as set out in Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/443 and Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444. The security rules of the Authority shall cover, inter alia, provisions for the exchange, processing and storage of such information. The Executive Board shall adopt the Authority’s security rules following approval by the Commission. 2. Any administrative arrangement on the exchange of classified information with the relevant authorities of a third country or, in the absence of such arrangement, any exceptional ad hoc release of EUCI to those authorities, shall be subject to the Commission’s prior approval. *** [Chapter V — Staff and cooperation](../chapters/v.md) · [← Article 88](88.md) · [Article 90 →](90.md)