Personal safety and physical protection of confidential information in the EU

The author analyses the mode of access to classified information in the EU. The paper contains a comparison of solutions regarding classified information protection systems in the EU and Poland, showing that the regulations observed in Poland are unclear. The author describes in detail the principles of verification proceedings for personnel security clearances in the EU, as well as application of special exceptions regarding access to classified information. There is also a comparison of solutions required in the EU related to the use of physical security measures with the requirements that exist in Poland