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SECURITY CLEARANCE INFORMATION

The whole of the NC3A building with the exception of the restaurant is a Class II Security Area.

Visitors who have a NATO SECRET Personal Security Clearance will receive an NC3A UNESCORTED Visitors Badge. All other visitors will receive an ESCORTED Visitors Badge. Visitors will receive a Visitors Security Badge on arrival at NC3A and upon presentation of their NATO Security Pass/ID card or valid Passport.

Please note that if your meeting is:

NATO CONFIDENTAL / NATO SECRET

You can only attend with a valid security clearance and you need to comply with the following:

- Delegates from NATO bodies are to submit proof of their security clearance by submitting this clearance through their Security Officer.

- Any other delegate (from e.g. a company) should prove their clearance level by sending a Request for Visit (RfV) through their National Security Authority to NC3A (not for US attendees).

- US Military and US Civil Servants should fax their security details directly to the US Mission to NATO, The Hague (tel: + 31 (0)70 3743907; fax +31 (0)70 3743919).

- USA delegates from Industry should send their security clearance to the Defence Industrial Clearance Office (DISCO), Columbus, Ohio (tel: (614)8271650). The DISCO will forward to NC3A.

***Special note: without a valid security clearance, access to this meeting at NC3A will be denied.

NATO RESTRICTED

Arrangements for sending clearances are the same as under point (a.) above. However, delegates who do not have a security clearance shall complete and sign a copy of a NATO Certificate of Security Obligation at the opening of the meeting.

UNCLASSIFIED

There is no need for a NATO Security Clearance. However, delegates who have a security clearance are requested to forward it to NC3A to prevent delays on arrival. Those without Security Clearance will be issued with an Escorted Badge on arrival.

Visitors who wish to bring electronic equipment into the NC3A building, the equipment form should be completed. The form should be hand carried along with the equipment and will be signed off by the NC3A guards during the check-in procedure.

Download Equipment Media Pass Form: Here

GSM telephones are not permitted inside NC3A Class II Security Area.

Briefcases and handbags may be taken into NC3A. However, such bags should have a label identifying the owner. Contents will be checked by the guards. Please note that suitcases, trunks etc that are not required for the meeting, will not be allowed into NC3A and should be left at hotels or in vehicles.