# Commission Implementing Decision of 7 May 2014 determining the date from which the Visa Information System (VIS) is to start            operations in a twelfth, a thirteenth, a fourteenth and a fifteenth region (2014/262/EU)         

        - Previous
        - Next

U.K.

# Commission Implementing Decision

# of 7 May 2014

# determining the date from which the Visa Information System (VIS) is to start operations in a twelfth, a thirteenth, a fourteenth                        and a fifteenth region                     

# (2014/262/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa                           Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 48(3) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)According to Commission Implementing Decision 2013/493/EU(2), the twelfth region where the collection and transmission of data to the Visa Information System (VIS) for all applications                              should start comprises Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama; the thirteenth region comprises                              Canada, Mexico and the United States; the fourteenth region comprises Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,                              Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent                              and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago; and the fifteenth region comprises Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall                              Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and                              Vanuatu.

(2)The Member States have notified the Commission that they have made the necessary technical and legal arrangements to collect                              and transmit the data referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 to the VIS for all applications in these                              regions, including arrangements for the collection and/or transmission of the data on behalf of another Member State.

(3)The condition laid down by the first sentence of Article 48(3) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 thus being fulfilled, it is                              therefore necessary to determine the date from which the VIS is to start operations in a twelfth, a thirteenth, a fourteenth                              and a fifteenth region.

(4)In view of the need to set the date for the start of the VIS in the very near future, this Decision should enter into force                              on the day of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.

(5)Given that Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 builds upon the Schengen *acquis*, Denmark notified the implementation of the Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 in its national law in accordance with Article 5                              of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European                              Community. Denmark is therefore bound under international law to implement this Decision.

(6)This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen *acquis* in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC(3). The United Kingdom is therefore not bound by it or subject to its application.

(7)This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen *acquis* in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC(4). Ireland is therefore not bound by it or subject to its application.

(8)As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen *acquis* within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom                              of Norway concerning the latters' association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen *acquis* (5), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point B of Council Decision 1999/437/EC(6).

(9)As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen *acquis* within the meaning of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the                              Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen *acquis* (7), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point B of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3                              of Council Decision 2008/146/EC(8).

(10)As regards Liechtenstein, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen *acquis* within the meaning of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality                              of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European                              Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development                              of the Schengen *acquis* (9), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point B of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3                              of Council Decision 2011/350/EU(10).

(11)As regards Cyprus, this Decision constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen *acquis* within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

(12)As regards Bulgaria and Romania, this Decision constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen *acquis* within the meaning of Article 4(2) of the 2005 Act of Accession.

(13)As regards Croatia, this Decision constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise related to, the Schengen *acquis* within the meaning of Article 4(2) of the 2011 Act of Accession,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The Visa Information System shall start operations in the twelfth, the thirteenth, the fourteenth and the fifteenth region                     determined by Implementing Decision 2013/493/EU on 15 May 2014.                  

# Article 2U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union*.                  

# Article 3U.K.

This Decision shall apply in accordance with the Treaties.

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

*The President*                            

José Manuel Barroso                            

1

OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60.                           

2

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/493/EU of 30 September 2013 determining the third and last set of regions for the start                              of operations of the Visa Information System (VIS) (OJ L 268, 10.10.2013, p. 13).                           

3

Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland                              to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen *acquis* (OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43).                           

4

Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the                              Schengen *acquis* (OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20).                           

5

OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36.                           

6

Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of the Agreement concluded by the                              Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two                              States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen *acquis* (OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31).                           

7

OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 52.                           

8

Council Decision 2008/146/EC of 28 January 2008 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Agreement between                              the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation,                              application and development of the Schengen *acquis* (OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 1).                           

9

OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 21.                           

10

Council Decision 2011/350/EU of 7 March 2011 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol between the                              European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of                              the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation                              on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen *acquis*, relating to the abolition of checks at internal borders and movement of persons (OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 19).