[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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.