Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1988/2006 of 21 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) ( OJ L 411, 30.12.2006 )
Date: 2007-02-02
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Commission, Schengen Agreement, Schengen Information System, competence of the institution

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CORRIGENDA

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 1988/2006 of 21 December 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No
2424/2001 on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)

(Official Journal of the European Union L 411 of 30 December 2006)

Regulation (EC) No 1988/2006 should read as follows:

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1988/2006

of 21 December 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 on the development of the second generation Schengen
Information System (SIS II)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 66 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Council Decision 2001/886/JHA of 6 December 2001
on the development of the second generation of the
Schengen Information System (SIS II) (1) and Regulation
(EC) No 2424/2001 (2) constitute the required legislative
basis to allow for the inclusion in the budget of the
European Union of the necessary financial appropriations
for the development of SIS II and the execution of that
part of the budget. Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 and
Decision 2001/886/JHA both expire on 31 December
2006.

The development of SIS II will take longer than initially
foreseen, requiring the availability of
financial appro-
priations beyond 31 December 2006.

It is therefore necessary to extend the period of validity
of Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 so that
the
Commission can implement the budget after 2006 in
order to complete the project for the development of
SIS II, including the establishment of the communication
infrastructure.

(4)

Council Conclusions of 29 April 2004 state that for the
development phase of SIS II the central unit of SIS II
shall be located in France and the back-up central unit

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

be

subject

located

shall
certain
in Austria
arrangements that will be necessary before the sites
and
become operational. Operational management
responsibility for liaison with the Commission for the
sites shall be the responsibility of France and Austria
respectively.

to

It is also necessary to confer on the Commission the
responsibility for the preparation of technical integration
into SIS II, in particular of the Member States which have
acceded to the European Union in 2004.

Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 should,
amended accordingly.

therefore, be

This Regulation is without prejudice to the adoption in
the future of legislative instruments for the establishment,
operation and use of SIS II.

establishing

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on
the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on
European Union and the Treaty
the
European Community, Denmark does not take part in
the adoption of this Regulation and is not bound by it or
this Regulation
subject
builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions
of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the
European Community, Denmark shall,
in accordance
the said Protocol, decide, within a
with Article 5 of
period of six months after the adoption of this Regu-
lation, whether it will implement it in its national law.

to its application. Given that

This Regulation and the United Kingdom's participation
in its adoption and application are without prejudice to
the arrangements for the United Kingdom's partial parti-
cipation in the Schengen acquis defined by the 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 (3).

(1) OJ L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 4.

(3) OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.

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(10)

Ireland is taking part in the adoption of this Regulation
in accordance with Article 5 of the Protocol integrating
the Schengen acquis into the framework of the European
Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the
and
establishing the European Community,
Treaty
Articles
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 (1).

6(2)

5(1)

and

of

(11) As

a

of

of

Iceland

regards

provisions

development

and Norway,

this Regulation
constitutes
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 association of those two States with the
implementation, application and development of
the
Schengen acquis, which fall within the area referred to
in Article 1(G) of Council Decision 1999/437/EC (2) on
certain arrangements
that
Agreement.

application of

the

for

(12) As regards Switzerland,

this Regulation constitutes a
development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis
within the meaning of the Agreement signed between
the European Union, the European Community and the
Swiss Confederation concerning the association of the
Swiss Confederation with the implementation, appli-
cation and development of the Schengen acquis, which
fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G of
Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article
4(1) of Decision 2004/860/EC (3) on the signing, on
behalf of the European Community and on the provi-
sional
that
Agreement,

application

provisions

certain

of

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. the following sentence is added to Article 2:

‘The development comprises the preparation of
integration into SIS II,
which have acceded to the European Union in 2004.’;

technical
in particular of the Member States

2. the following Article is inserted:

‘Article 4A

1. Without prejudice to the Commission's responsibility
for the development of SIS II, the central unit of SIS II shall
be located in Strasbourg (France) and the back-up central
unit in Sankt Johann im Pongau (Austria) during the devel-
opment of the system.

2.
France and Austria shall provide the appropriate infra-
structure and means to host the central unit and the back-up
central unit of SIS II respectively during the development of
the system.

The national authority providing for the infrastructure
3.
and means
referred to in paragraph 2 may receive a
Community grant for the preparation and maintenance of
the site or for providing other services necessary for hosting
SIS II during its development.’;

3.

in Article 7, the second subparagraph is replaced by the
following:

‘It shall expire on 31 December 2008.’

Article 2

Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 is amended as follows:

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

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in
accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at Brussels, 21 December 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. KORKEAOJA

(1) OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 78.