---
kind: "unit"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
key: "chIV/part403"
level: "part"
label: "Part 403"
heading: "Classification, Declassification, and Safeguarding of National Security Information"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/chIV-part403"
sections_count: 11
---

# Part 403 — Classification, Declassification, and Safeguarding of National Security Information

Title 12 C.F.R. — Banks and Banking › Chapter IV — Export-Import Bank of the United States

## Sections

- [§403.1. General policies and definitions.](/cfr/12/403.1.md)
- [§403.2. Responsibilities.](/cfr/12/403.2.md)
- [§403.3. Classification principles and authority.](/cfr/12/403.3.md)
- [§403.4. Derivative classification.](/cfr/12/403.4.md)
- [§403.5. Declassification and downgrading.](/cfr/12/403.5.md)
- [§403.6. Systematic review for declassification.](/cfr/12/403.6.md)
- [§403.7. Mandatory review for declassification.](/cfr/12/403.7.md)
- [§403.8. Appeals.](/cfr/12/403.8.md)
- [§403.9. Fees.](/cfr/12/403.9.md)
- [§403.10. Safeguarding.](/cfr/12/403.10.md)
- [§403.11. Enforcement and investigation procedures.](/cfr/12/403.11.md)