[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR2008.6]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
 
PART 2008_REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT E.O. 12065; OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart B_Classification
 
Sec. 2008.6  Duration of original classification.

    (a) Except as permitted below, in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 
section, information or material which is classified after December 1, 
1978, shall be marked at the declassification no more than six years 
following its original classification.
    (b) Original classification may be extended beyond six years only by 
officials with Top Secret classification authority and agency heads 
listed in section 1-2 of the order. This extension authority shall be 
used only when these officials determine that the basis for original 
classification will continue throughout the entire period that the 
classification will be in effect and only for the following reasons:
    (1) The information is ``foreign government information'' as defined 
by the authorities in section 1.1;
    (2) The information reveals intelligence sources and methods;
    (3) The information pertains to communications security;
    (4) The information reveals vulnerability or capability data, the 
unauthorized disclosure of which can reasonably be expected to render 
ineffective a system, installation, or project important to the national 
security;
    (5) The information concerns plans important to the national 
security, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably can be 
expected to nullify the effectiveness of the plan;
    (6) The information concerns specific foreign relations matters, the 
continued protection of which is essential to the national security;
    (7) The continued protection of the information is specifically 
required by statute.
    (c) Even when the extension of authority is exercised, the period of 
original classification shall not be greater than twenty years from the 
date of original classification, except that the original classification 
of ``foreign government information'' pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of 
this section may be for a period of thirty years.