The Lisbon Treaty assigns new tasks to the European Parliament and, in order to develop Parliament's activities in those areas which require a degree of confidentiality, it is necessary to lay down basic principles, minimum standards of security and appropriate procedures for the treatment by the European Parliament of confidential, including classified, information.
Lisabonas līgumā Eiropas Parlamentam noteikti jauni uzdevumi, un, lai aktīvāk veiktu Eiropas Parlamenta darbības jomās, kurās nepieciešama konfidencialitāte, nepieciešams noteikt pamatprincipus, obligātos drošības standartus un atbilstīgas procedūras rīcībai ar konfidenciālu, tostarp klasificētu, informāciju Eiropas Parlamentā.