---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 1016.23"
title: "10"
number: "1016.23"
heading: "Changes in classification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/1016.23"
---

# §1016.23. Changes in classification.


Classified matter containing Restricted Data shall not be downgraded or declassified except as authorized by DOE and in accordance with [10 CFR part 1045](/cfr/10/part1045.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 41508, Sept. 1, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 161i of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 68 Stat. 948 (42 U.S.C. 2201).

### Source

Source: 48 FR 36432, Aug. 10, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 41508, Sept. 1, 2017]