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1. The States Parties shall ensure that all persons of their respective nationality who, in the conduct of their official duties require access, or whose duties or function may afford access to classified information provided for or exchanged under this Agreement are appropriately security cleared before they are granted access to such information and material.
2. The Parties shall ensure that access to classified information exchanged under the present agreement shall be authorised only for persons having a need to know for carrying out their duties or missions.
3. Security clearance procedures shall be designed to establish whether an individual can, taking into account his loyalty and trustworthiness, be granted access to classified information.
4. Upon request, each of the States Parties shall co-operate with the other States Parties in carrying out their respective security clearance procedures.