Comparative Tables

The following table provides an overview of the security classification of classified information – which complies with the respective classification in Estonia – established by foreign states and international organisations.

Estonia	PIIRATUD	KONFIDENTISAALNE	SALAJANE	TÄIESTI SALAJANE
NATO	NATO RESTRICTED	NATO CONFIDENTIAL	NATO SECRET	COSMIC TOP SECRET
European Union	RESTREINT UE EU RESTRICTED	CONFIDENTIEL UE EU CONFIDENTIAL	SECRET UE EU SECRET	TRÈS SECRET UE EU TOP SECRET
Albania	-	KONFIDENCIAL	SEKRET	TEPER SEKRET
Austria	EINGESCHRÄNKT	VERTRAULICH	GEHEIM	STRENG GEHEIM
Bulgaria	ЗA CЛУЖΕБНО ПОЛЗВАНЕ	ΠOBEPИTEЛHO	CEKPETHO	CTPOΓO CEKPETHO
Croatia	OGRANIČENO	POVJERLJIVO	TAJNO	VRLO TAJNO
Czech Republic	VYHRAZENĖ	DŮVĚRNÉ	TAJNÉ	PŘÍSNĚ TAJNÉ
Finland	KÄYTTÖ RAJOITETTU	LUOTTAMUKSELLINEN	SALAINEN	ERITTÄIN SALAINEN
France	DIFFUSION RESTREINTE	CONFIDENTIEL DEFENSE	SECRET DEFENSE	TRES SECRET DEFENSE
Georgia	-	SAIDUMLO	SRULIAD SAIDUMLO	GANSAKUTREBULI MNISVNELOBIS
Germany	-	VS-VERTRAULICH	GEHEIM	-
Greece	PERIORISMENIS CHRISSIS	EMPISTEYTIKO	APORRITO	AKROS APORRITO
Israel	-	SHAMUR	SODI	SODI BEYOTER
Italy	RISERVATO	RISERVATISSIMO	SEGRETO	SECRETISSIMO
Latvia	-	KONFIDENCIĀLI	SLEPENI	SEVIŠĶI SLEPENI
Lithuania	-	KONFIDENCIALIAI	SLAPTAI	VISIŠKAI SLAPTAI
Macedonia	ИНТЕРНО	ДОВЕРЛИВО	СТРОГО ДОВЕРЛИВО	ДРЖАВНА ТАJНА
Norway	BERGENSET	KONFIDENSIELT	HEMMELIG	STRENGT HEMMELIG
Poland	ZASTRZEŹONE	POUFNE	TAJNE	ŚCİŚLE TAJNE
Portugal	RESERVADO	CONFIDENCIAL	SECRETO	MUITO SECRETO
Romania	SECRET DE SERVICIU	SECRET	STRICT SECRET	STRICT SECRET DE IMPORTANŢĂ DEOSEBITĂ
Slovakia	VYHRADENĖ	DÔVERNÉ	TAJNÉ	PRÍSNE TAJNÉ
Spain	DIFUSIÓN LIMITADA	CONFIDENCIAL	RESERVADO	SECRETO
Sweden	-	HEMLIG	HEMLIG	KVALIFICERAT HEMLIG
Turkey	HIZMETE ÖZEL	ÖZEL	GİZLİ	ÇOK GİZLİ
United Kingdom	RESTRICTED	CONFIDENTIAL	SECRET	-
United States of America	-	CONFIDENTIAL	SECRET	TOP SECRET
Ukraine	ДЛЯ СЛУЖБОГО КОРИСТУВАННЯ	ТАЄМНО	ЦІЛКОМ ТАЄМНО	ОСОБЛИВОЇ ВАЖЛИВОСТІ

The following table provides an overview of the level of classified information, applied by international organisations whose information Estonia is required to protect as a member of such an organisation, which matches the level of classified information to the respective level in Estonia.

In the given case, the level of classified information has not been directly translated but the respective levels of protective measures applicable to classified information and restricted information, laid down with the Estonian State Secrets Act and Public Information Act, have been compared to the respective protection levels applicable in an international organisation.

Convention/International Organisation	Marking adopted by International Organisations	Respective marking in Estonia	Document serving as the basis for level of classification / remarks
OSCD	CONFIDENTIAL	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)	Council Resolution on the Classification and Declassification of Information 10.07.1997 C(97)64/FINAL
Wassenaar	RESTRICTED	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)	Guidelines on Confidentiality of Information in the Wassenaar Arrangement (12.12.1996)
	CONFIDENTIAL	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)	Supplementary Guidelines for the Protection of Wassenaar-confidential information
OSCE	RESTRICTED	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)	Administrative Directive No 1/97 / Additional restrictions to distribution, laid down with the OSCE rules, are applicable
OPCW	OPCW RESTRICTED	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)	OPCW Policy on Confidentiality, 16 May 1997 / Additional restrictions to processing, laid down with the OPCW rules, are applicable
	OPCW PROTECTED	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)
	OPCW HIGHLY PROTECTED	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)
Council of Europe	RESTRICTED	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)	Resolution Res(2001)6 on Access to Council of Europe documents / Additional restrictions to distribution, laid down with the Res(2001)6 rules, are applicable
	CONFIDENTIAL	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)
	SECRET	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)
WTO	RESTRICTED	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)	General Council Draft Decision "Procedures for the Circulation and Destruction of WTO Documents" (WT/GC/W/464/Rev.1)
EUROPOL	EUROPOL RESTRICTED	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)	Additional security measures shall be required in forwarding information to EUROPOL as provided for by the State Secrets and CI of Foreign States Act
	EUROPOL CONFIDENTIAL	KONFIDENTSIAALNE (CONFIDENTIAL)
	EUROPOL SECRET	SALAJANE (SECRET)
	EUROPOL TOP SECRET	TÄIESTI SALAJANE (TOP SECRET)
ICC	RESTRICTED	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)	"ICC Information Protection Policy" ICC/AI/2007/001; "ICC Policy on Personnel Security Clearances" ICC/AI/2007/006. Additional restrictions laid down with the ICC rules are applicable.
	CONFIDENTIAL	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)
	SECRET	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)
	UNDER SEAL	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)
NSG	NSG CONFIDENTIAL	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)	"NSG Procedural Arrangement for the Nuclear Suppliers Group" NSG(07)36; additional guidelines from the NSG POC Staff representative.
FRONTEX	RESTICTED	PIIRATUD (RESTRICTED)	Council Regulation No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004.
	CONFIDENTIAL	KONFIDENTSIAALNE (CONFIDENTIAL)
	SECRET	SALAJANE (SECRET)
ICTY	CONFIDENTIAL	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)	Letter No 4.3-1/1783 of 21 April 2009, additional guidelines from the ICTY POC Staff representative.
	CONFIDENTIAL AND EX-PARTE	ASUTUSESISESEKS KASUTAMISEKS (FOR OFFICIAL USE)