§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to limit foreign travel by Commission officials with access to EU top secret documents; and if he will list the countries to which paragraph 6 of 19.6 of Corn Doc 2001/844/EC refers. [32707]
§ Peter HainCom 2001/844 19.6(d) refers to the rules governing travel by officials of the European Commission. The Commission does not currently hold any EU top secret documents.
There is no formal list of countries likely to present a risk to staff cleared for EU top secret access. As in the UK, decisions are taken at departmental level in the light of prevailing circumstances, and staff cleared to EU top secret would be warned to seek approval before travelling 1072W to any country likely to present a particular risk. At present the only travel advice given to officials concerns individual safety.