Legislative and regulatory framework
The legislative and regulatory frameworks related to the protection of defence secrets are governed by official texts (interministerial texts and others specific to the Ministry of Defence).
Definition of national defence secrecy (French Penal Code, Volume III, Section 2, Article 413.9)
Breach of national defence secrecy (French Penal Code, Volume III, Section 2)by the consignee (Article 413.10)
by the non-consignee (Article 413.11)
attempted breach (Article 413.12)
Regulatory framework:
1/ Decree No. 98-608 of 17 July 1998 relative to the protection of defence secrecy
2/ Order of 18 April 2005 relative to the conditions for the protection of secrecy and information concerning national defence and State security in contracts
3/ Interministerial directives:
- IGI No.1300 SGDN / PSE / SSD of 25 August 2003 - general interministerial directive on the protection of secrecy and of information relative to national defence and State security (Overall Security)
- IGI No. 900 SGDN /SSD of 20 July 1993 - general interministerial directive on security relative to information systems subject to defence classification either for the system itself or for the information processed (Classified INFOSEC)
4/ Directives relative to the protection of secrecy relative to contracts placed by Ministry of Defence bodies:
- IGM (general ministerial directive) No. 2500 DEF of 26 January 1983 (currently under review)
- IP 2510 and IP 2511 DEF of 26 January 1983 - special directives on security controls (company clearance) and company security officers (currently under review)
- IP 2520 DEF of 1 April 1994 - special directive on security annexes (currently under review)
- IP 2530 DEF of 27 November 1984 on protection (security clearance) relative to company personnel (currently under review)
- IP 2550 DEF of 11 August 1983 and IT 2551 of 20 December 1984 - directives on information system security and the implementation of security measures relative to automated data processing systems (currently under review)
- IP 2560 DEF of 21 May 1984 on international cooperation relating to armaments
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