Translation of "Séance d'information à huis clos " (French → English) :

1. Information classified at the level RESTREINT UE/EU RESTRICTED or its equivalent and ‘other confidential information’ may be consulted by members of parliamentary committees or of other political and administrative bodies of the European Parliament at a meeting in camera outside the secure facilities.

3. In the case of confidential information communicated by the Commission pursuant to the Framework Agreement, the agreed arrangements within the meaning of point 3.2 of Annex 2 to the Framework Agreement (laid down by common accord and concerning addressees, consultation procedure, i.e. secure reading room and meetings in camera, or other matters) designed to preserve the confidentiality of the information shall be deposited together with the confidential information at the secretariat of the parliamentary body/office holder or at the CIS when the information is classified as ‘CONFIDENTIEL UE/EU CONFIDENTIAL’ or above.

without prejudice to the administrative processing of confidential information at a meeting in camera as provided for in paragraph 1, in no case may they be duplicated, saved on another medium, or transmitted to any person,

However, the result of those meetings is that there was no self-government set up nor a third level of government, in neither the in camera meetings nor the public meetings.

MINUTES OF PROCEEDING (Meeting No. 31) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1998 The Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs met jointly with the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in camera at 11:15 o’clock a.m., this day, in Room 308, West Block, the Chairs, Robert Bertrand and Bill Graham, presiding.

The guidelines seek not only to determine the nature of the information to be communicated, but also to define the parties entitled to information [72] and how the right to communication is exercised and to clarify the criteria to be taken on board where communication of information is not mandatory, the guarantees attached to transmission, the legal consequences of the act of communicating and the liability incurred, and the various methods of passing on information, including communication in private.