Upon reaching the date of declassification, classified information shall be automatically declassified.
Even when a declassification event has not occurred before the duration of classification expires, the declassification event will be treated as occurred upon reaching the date of declassification and such information is thus automatically declassified.

Except as provided in the second paragraph of the preceding Article, classified information may be declassified by the official who authorized the original classification or his or her superior official on the occurrence of a declassification event.

Classified information may be declassified by the official who authorized the original classification or his or her superior official based on the loss of the information's sensitivity even when the declassification event has not occurred or the duration of classification has not expired.

When information which are related to other agencies meet declassification requirements, these relevant agencies shall be consulted before final declassification.

After information is declassified, the original declassification authority shall publish the reason for declassification and notify the relevant agencies.
All original and reproduced classified information shall be marked conspicuously to put users on notice of its current declassification status and necessary declassifying measures.