REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL LAST PROGRESS REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND GENERATION SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM (SIS II) January 2013 - May 2013
Date: 2013-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Schengen Information System, border control, computer system, cross-frontier data flow, exchange of information, information system, migration control, project evaluation













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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL LAST PROGRESS REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND GENERATION SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM (SIS II) January 2013 - May 2013 /* COM/2013/0777 final - 2013/ () */









Table of Contents
1.      Project
Status. 3
1.1.       Overview of progress
during the period under review.. 3
1.2.       Testing activities. 3
1.3.       SIS II network security. 5
1.4.       Migration from SIS 1+
to SIS II. 5
1.4.1.        Legal framework. 5
1.4.2.        Prerequisites for the
entry into operation. 5
1.4.3.        Technical migration of
data. 6
1.4.4.        Switch-over. 7
1.4.5.        Intensive Monitoring
Period. 7
2.      Management. 8
2.1.       Financial aspects. 8
2.1.1.        SIS II budget 8
2.1.2.        Additional financing
for Member States' national development 8
2.2.       Operational management. 8
2.2.1.        Transition to the C.SIS (Centre
de Systèmes d'Information Schengen). 8
2.2.2.        The Agency for the
operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security
and justice (eu-LISA). 9
2.3.       Project management. 10
2.3.1.        Global Programme
Management Board (GPMB). 10
2.3.2.        SIS-VIS Committee (SIS
II). 10
2.3.3.        National planning and
coordination. 10
2.3.4.        Council 10
2.3.5.        The European
Parliament 11
2.3.6.        SIS II information
campaign. 11
2.3.7.        Risk management 11
3.      Future
priorities. 11
4.      Conclusion.. 12

Introduction 
This progress
report is the last report presented to the European Parliament and the Council
in accordance with Article 18 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 of 24
October 2008[1]
and of Council Decision 2008/839/JHA of 24 October 2008[2]
on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the SIS II as
recast (so called migration instruments). 
It describes the
work carried out from January 2013 until the expiry of the abovementioned
migration instruments on 8 May 2013 concerning the development of the second
generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the migration from SIS 1+
to SIS II. 
1.                      
Project Status 
1.1.                
Overview
of progress during the period under review
Building on the
steady progress made in the development of the central system and the national
systems, all the preparatory steps leading up to the actual migration of data
from SIS1+ to SIS II were finalised during this reporting period. The migration
process was successfully completed with the switch-over to the new system on 9
April 2013 and the smooth operation of the system during the subsequent
intensive monitoring period. 
1.2.                
Testing
activities
As a follow up
to the series of tests executed in the course of 2012 in order to ascertain the
proper functioning, performance and interaction of the national systems and the
central system, a handful of Member States, due to insufficient results in some
of the tests, executed the remaining necessary re-runs in January 2013. As
explained in the previous report, Finland faced a major technical set-back in
the development of its national system and opted for a plan B based on an
alternative technical solution. In order to catch up with the other Member
States for the start of the live migration process, Finland rerun all final
tests including the comprehensive test. The support of Global Project
Management Board consisting of the representatives of the Commission, the Member States and the main contractors proved to be instrumental in the success of this
additional exercise.
(a)       Compliance
Test Extended (CTE)
As the last Member State achieving readiness, Finland successfully executed this test of the compliance of
the national systems with the SIS II specifications at the beginning of 2013
and joined the other Member States which had to re-run the comprehensive test.
(b)       
Comprehensive test
The
Comprehensive test represented both a technical and a legal precondition for
the SIS II entry into operation[3]
and therefore involved the testing of all the key SIS II components – the
Central System, all the national systems and the network. 
The majority of
the Member States had already completed this final testing campaign
successfully in the second half of 2012 as originally scheduled. However, due
to problems faced at national level by five Member States, additional re-runs
beyond the dedicated time-slot were necessary. Concretely, Poland and Switzerland needed to rerun one test case and Denmark and Finland the entire test phase.
In order to lift a reservation placed on its test verdict Belgium asked to partially re-execute the Comprehensive test campaign. 
Eventually, all
the Member States concerned managed to pass the remaining re-runs in the second
week of January 2013. The SIS II Central System as well as the communication
infrastructure demonstrated good, stable performance throughout these reruns of
the Comprehensive test. 
(c)        SIRENE[4]
functional test
Four
Member States including Finland had to repeat
the test on supplementary information exchange (SIRENE functional test) in the
week commencing on 28 January 2013. Whilst this test lies within the
responsibility of the Member States, the Commission provided the Central system
and the communication infrastructure for the execution of the test. Belgium, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland ultimately met the test exit criteria and the
Working Party on Schengen Matters (SIS/SIRENE formation) formally endorsed the
test results on 15 February 2013. 
(d)       SIRENE
form exchange test
In addition to
the SIRENE functional test which was required by the migration legal
instruments, Member States decided to run an informal SIRENE form exchange test
whereby all Member States exchanged a full set of SIRENE forms with the other
Member States. The test campaign took place in March 2013 and was completed
with positive results.
Last but not
least, the functional SIRENE mail boxes were also tested with success in the
course of March.
(e)        Other
tests
Tests were also
conducted with Member States on the correct functioning of two complementary
tools that would be used for the operational management of the SIS II: 
·                        
The
first tool is used by the operators of the national systems to open service
tickets to the operator of the central system. The tool's purpose is to
identify and follow-up any technical issue raised with the use of SIS II. 
·                        
The
second tool is a web-based message exchange system between operators. As an
example, when maintenance is carried out on the central system, the operator
informs all national system operators using this tool.
Neither tool is
used for exchanging SIS II messages. They are designed to exchange information
for keeping the system working. 
The tests of
both tools were successfully conducted from the end of February until early
April 2013. 
1.3.                
SIS
II network security
For operational
purposes, Member States have both main and back-up interfaces with the wide
area communication network, enabling secure communication between the central
and national systems.
Building on its
successful testing, as endorsed by SIS-VIS Committee, the technical solution
for a second encryption layer to further strengthen SIS II network security was
successfully rolled-out at the end of February 2013.
1.4.      Migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II
1.4.1.   Legal framework
The legal
framework established for the final stage of the SIS II project was
consolidated at the end of the previous reporting period by the recast of the
migration instruments applicable as of 30 December 2012. This ensured a legally
sound and technically optimised migration process and a possibility of extra
financial support to the national projects in relation to migration activities.

1.4.2.     Prerequisites for the entry into
operation
The SIS II legal
basis stipulates a certain number of prerequisites prior to the decision on the
SIS II entry into operation.  Indeed the date of entry into operation could
only be set once:

 the necessary implementing measures
     have been adopted;

The last pending
implementing measure was the Commission implementing Decision on the SIRENE
Manual and other implementing measures for the second generation Schengen
Information System[5],
which was adopted on 26 February as mentioned above. 

 all Member States fully
     participating in SIS 1+ have notified the Commission that they have made
     the necessary technical and legal arrangements to process SIS II data and
     exchange supplementary information;

Following the
completion of the SIRENE functional test, all Member States participating in
SIS 1+ notified the Commission that they had made the necessary technical and
legal arrangements to process SIS II data and exchange supplementary
information.

 the Commission has declared the
     successful completion of a comprehensive test of SIS II, which shall be
     conducted by the Commission together with the Member States, and the
     preparatory bodies of the Council have validated the proposed test result
     and confirmed that the level of performance of SIS II is at least
     equivalent to that achieved with SIS 1+;

Following the
validation of the proposed "passed" verdict for the Central system,
the s-Testa network and the national systems by the Working Party on Schengen
Matters (SIS-TECH formation) on 6 February, the Commission declared at Coreper
of 20 February that the objectives of the comprehensive test had been met,
notably that: 
- The Commission
and the Member States participating in SIS 1+ had completed the necessary
technical arrangements to process SIS II data and
- The level of
performance of SIS II is at least equivalent to that achieved with SIS 1+;

- the
Commission has made the necessary technical arrangements for allowing Central
SIS II to be connected to the N.SIS II of the Member States concerned.
- The N.SIS II
in all the Member States were connected to the Central SIS II from 25 January
2013.
All
prerequisites stipulated by the SIS II legal basis being met, the JHA Council
(7-8 March 2013) adopted two Council Decisions fixing the date of application
of the SIS II legal basis for 9 April 2013, meaning in practice the SIS II
go-live date.
1.4.3.     Technical migration of data
The last test of
the converter provided by the Commission as the core of the interim migration
architecture was successfully executed in January 2013, on time to allow the
live data migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II. Following the migration rehearsals
and the data cleansing activities, respectively organised and supported by the
Commission, the live data migration started on 22 January 2013. 
The first step
of the migration consisted in transforming the 46,7 million alerts of the SIS
1+ database into data consistent with the SIS II data model via the converter.
During this operation, which took place between 22 January and 6 February 2013,
all new create / update / delete operations performed on the SIS1+ database
were temporarily stored in the converter queues. The SIS II Central System was
then uploaded with the converted data. When this task was completed all the SIS
1+ messages that had accumulated in the queue were also converted and updated
in the SIS II central database. At the end of this process, any new operation
performed on the SIS1+ database was being mirrored on the SIS II database,
thereby meaning that both central SIS 1+ and central SIS II were synchronised. 
As of 7 March
2013, Member States had the possibility to carry out queries on the Central SIS
II database (which at that moment was only populated with SIS 1+ database
content) using the SIS II central query facility.
The next phase
of the migration consisted in ‘populating’ the SIS II national copies to ensure
that Member States with a SIS II national copy had the same data as in the SIS
II central database. This process is not necessary for the six Member States
which had decided not to implement a national copy and perform all queries on
the central system, which is a new functionality introduced by SIS II.  
The actual download
of the complete SIS II database took an elapsed time of sixteen hours per Member State. The entire phase ended on 28 March. At that point in time, all SIS II
national copies were synchronised with the SIS II Central System, which itself
was synchronised via the Converter with the SIS 1+ Central System.
1.4.4.     Switch-over
The switch-over
was fixed by the Council for 9 April 2013.
Between 28 March
(end of technical migration – see above) and 9 April, the SIS 1+ and SIS II
system, including all national copies, were kept perfectly synchronised: any
new SIS 1+ message would update the SIS 1+ central database, be converted, then
update the SIS II database and the national copies.  
For the
switch-over, the process was coordinated centrally by the Commission's project
team with the support of the GPMB members and went as follows:
·     
All
Member States stopped traffic on the SIS 1+ side at the same moment at 08:00
and waited until all alerts were processed in the SIS 1+ central system and in
the SIS 1+ national copies.
·     
On
the central side the last SIS 1+ messages were converted to SIS II format. Once
this was ascertained, the bidirectional convertor was switched into its
‘reverse mode’ in order to convert SIS II alerts back into SIS 1+ format (as
from the switch-over the SIS II becomes the "Master System").
·     
On
the Member State side, national end-user applications (e.g.: the national
systems used by the border guards) were disconnected from the SIS 1+ national
system and reconnected to the SIS II national system. As a result, all new
messages started to be sent from the SIS II National System under the SIS II
format.
·     
Member State
had to notify their readiness to start sending SIS II messages to the
coordination team, before being authorised to upload their messages to the
Central SIS II system.  This process took place one Member State at a time to make sure that all update mechanisms were working as expected.
·     
Portugal was
the first Member State being ready to send a SIS II alert at 10:51 local time,
more than one hour ahead of schedule. At that very moment, the SIS II legal
basis entered into force.
At the end of
the day a dedicated Migration Steering Group involving the Commission SIS II
team, the GPMB and the Presidency could conclude that: 

 all Member States could send SIS II
     alerts,
 all national copies were updated
     with the messages coming from the central system,
 queries were possible either on the
     central database or on an updated national copy.

In conclusion
all migrating Member States had successfully switched over.
1.4.5.     Intensive Monitoring Period
From the moment
the first alert was sent to SIS II, the role of the converter was to keep the
SIS 1+ central system synchronised with the SIS II central system. The SIS 1+
national copies would however no longer be updated.
This was a
contingency measure in case any of the SIS II national systems ran into serious
problems and had to fall back to SIS 1+. In that event, upon request, the
affected Member State would have downloaded the SIS 1+ database, switched-over
its applications and re-started sending messages via SIS 1+. Once the problem
on SIS II would have been resolved that same Member State would then have
switched-over again to SIS II.
The intensive
monitoring period lasted 30 days as laid down by the legal basis. During that
complete period, the Commission SIS II project team kept an on-going control on
the status of the system and made sure that the SIS 1+ database was kept
synchronised with the SIS II database.
Since no Member State required a switch-back to SIS 1+ over that period of time, the convertor was
disabled on 8 May 2013. 
From that date
onwards the SIS II system is operated by eu-LISA, the European Agency for the
operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom,
security and justice.
2.                      
Management 
2.1.                
Financial
aspects 
2.1.1.          
SIS
II budget
By the end of
June 2013, the total budgetary commitments made by the Commission on the SIS II
project since 2002, amounted to EUR 171 699 692. The corresponding
contracts include feasibility studies, the development of the Central SIS II
itself, support and quality assurance, the SIS II network, preparation for
operational management, security, communication and experts' mission expenses
and the information campaign.
Of this amount,
EUR 136 567 137 had actually been paid between 2002 and the end of June
2013. The main expenditure items were development (EUR 73 566 165), the
network (EUR 32 154 296), support and quality assurance (EUR 13 612
454) and preparation for operational management in Strasbourg and Sankt Johann
im Pongau (EUR 9 376 235).
2.1.2.          
Additional
financing for Member States' national development
The national
development projects of the last eight Member States in need of extra
co-financing through the European External Borders Fund (EBF) were completed in
this reporting period. In addition and following up on the interest expressed
by the Member States regarding the call for proposals launched by the
Commission in accordance with the common Article 16 of the recast migration
instruments at the beginning of 2013, the Commission has made available a
further sum of EUR 13 million with an upper limit of EUR 715 000 per
Member State (to be co-financed 25 % from national resources). Finally, nine
Member States were granted a financial facility for their migration related
activities for a total maximum amount of EUR 4 157 076.50.
2.2.                
Operational
management
2.2.1.          
Transition
to the C.SIS (Centre de Systèmes d'Information Schengen)
The operational
management of the SIS II production environment was first transferred from the
Main Development Contractor to the C.SIS (under a service contract between
France and the Commission) before the start of the live migration from SIS 1+
towards SIS II since during the migration phase SIS 1+, the converter and SIS
II had to be operated simultaneously by the same entity. During the whole
migration phase including the one month intensive monitoring period, the
converter and the SIS II were operated by C.SIS. 
2.2.2.          
The
Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of
freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)
The planned
hand-over of SIS II to eu-LISA[6]
started at the beginning of 2013 and was completed by 9 May 2013. A hand-over
document, accompanied by a full set of technical documents describing the SIS
II and its operational aspects, was put at the disposal of eu-LISA.
eu-LISA took up
its responsibilities, pursuant to the SIS II legal basis and the agency's own
founding Regulation[7]
, as of 9 May 2013, upon the termination of the intensive monitoring period and
the expiry of the migration instruments. 
Regarding the
communication infrastructure, eu-LISA is also responsible for the supervision,
security and the coordination of relations between the Member States and the service provider.
In addition,
eu-LISA has been tasked by its founding Regulation with other tasks related to
SIS II, such as training on the technical use of SIS II, in particular for
SIRENE staff and the training of experts on the technical aspects of SIS II in
the framework of Schengen evaluation. 
Furthermore,
eu-LISA is also responsible[8]
for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the lists of
competent authorities entitled to search directly the data contained in SIS II,
together with the list of Offices of the national systems of SIS II (N.SIS II)
and SIRENE Bureaux. Before the hand-over of SIS II to eu-LISA, the Commission
arranged the aforementioned publication on 9 April 2013.[9]
The SIS II
advisory group providing the expertise to the Management Board of eu-LISA met
three times (19/20 February, 23/24 April and 4/5 June) in this reporting
period.
In light of the
financial independence of eu-LISA obtained on 22 May 2013 and the gradual
finalisation of negotiations on required agreements with host Member States,
the support of the Commission provided to eu-LISA during its establishment
phase has gradually decreased in this reporting period and the working
relations between the two will be governed by two Memoranda of Understanding
(i.e. on operational working arrangements still to be signed and on financial
transfers signed on 17 May 2013). 
2.3.                
Project
management 
2.3.1.          
Global
Programme Management Board (GPMB)
The
GPMB has fulfilled its mandate and focused in particular on the remaining test
re-runs and the migration phase. 
There were seventeen
GPMB plenary meetings during this period and the very last meeting took place
on 7 May 2013 . With the exiry of the migration instruments,  the GPMB ceased
to exist.
2.3.2.          
SIS-VIS
Committee (SIS II)
Several key
documents on migration and testing were approved at the five meetings of the
SIS-VIS Committee on SIS II technical matters in the period January – May 2013.
Detailed issues arising from specific project deliverables such change requests
and migration have been further handled by dedicated sub-groups – the Change
Management Board and the Migration Expert Group which met three and 17 times
respectively. 
2.3.3.          
National
planning and coordination
The last meeting
of the Member States' national project managers (NPM), organised regularly by
the Commission to allow the detailed exchange of information on all activities
with relevance to the global project status, took place on 30 May 2013. Meeting
five times in this this reporting period, it dealt again in particular with the
global schedule, testing, migration, the transition to the SIS II, the SIS II
operational handbook and the SIS II Task Force reports. 
2.3.4.          
Council 
With a focus on
the remaining technical and legal tasks linked to the final period before the
SIS II go-live, the Commission continued to keep all relevant Council bodies
informed about the SIS II state of play, including the timetable and budgetary
aspects. All issues regarding the migration and switch-over phase in particular
have been clarified at preparatory levels. As mentioned before, all legally
binding preconditions for the decision of the Council on the date of the entry
of SIS II into operation were met on time. This thorough preparatory work
resulted in the said decision taken by the first JHA Council held under the
Irish presidency of the Council on 7 March 2013 which unanimously adopted the
two Decisions on the entry of the SIS II into operation on 9 April 2013 (one
for each ex-pillar)[10].
The SIS II go-live has been accompanied by the information campaign as
described below in section 3.3.6.
The Commission
continued to circulate a weekly flash report to colleagues involved in the
project at national level until the end of the intensive monitoring
period/hand-over to eu-LISA summarising technical developments.
2.3.5.          
The
European Parliament 
The European
Parliament continued to be supportive of the SIS II. In a spirit of
transparency and loyal inter-institutional cooperation, the Commission has kept
the European Parliament fully informed on the whole range of aspects of SIS II
development until the very end of the project – two letters (on the successful
accomplishment of the comprehensive test and the hand-over of the SIS II to
eu-LISA) were sent by the Commission to the LIBE Committee. In addition, a
presentation of the state of play was provided to the LIBE Committee by the
Commission at the hearing on 21 March 2013, i.e. shortly before SIS II has
entered into operation.
2.3.6.          
SIS
II information campaign
In accordance with the
SIS II legal basis, to accompany the entry into operation of SIS II, the
Commission organised, in cooperation with the national data protection
authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor, an information
campaign informing the public about its objectives, the data stored, the
authorities having access and the rights of persons.[11]
Under the framework
contract for the main deliverables concluded at the end of 2012, the leaflet,
poster and a short video animation were finalised and provided by the
Commission to Member States' designated authorities for further dissemination
at national level (at border crossings, police stations, consulates etc.). The
information campaign shall be repeated regularly. 
2.3.7.          
Risk
management
The
Commission closely monitored the risks in the SIS II project with the support
of its quality assurance contractor and followed up on them on a weekly basis
in the framework of the well-established procedure, involving also on monthly
basis the Global Programme Management Board.  
In
this reporting period, the COM had to concentrate on the following risks:
·                        
the
readiness of the Member States (end-user applications) and notably the timely
implementation of "Plan B" in Finland;
·                        
the
limited time remaining for contingency in the migration schedule.
3.                      
Future priorities
Following the
SIS II entry into operation, the core priority is to keep it fully operational,
in particular by:
·        
ensuring
the necessary infrastructure for the system and its operation, 
·        
allowing
the evolution of the national components in line with the evolutions agreed for
the central system, 
·        
treating
the SIRENE offices as a high priority, both in terms of adequate staffing and
appropriate technical support,
·        
putting
in place a full disaster recovery/business continuity plan,
·        
ensuring
the resilience of the SIS II to potential security breaches.
4.                      
Conclusion
The
Schengen Information System is at the heart of Schengen cooperation. Being a
state-of-the-art IT system offering many enhanced functionalities as well as
new data categories compared to its predecessor, SIS II is a key tool for the
functioning of the Schengen area in terms of security and free movement of
persons. 
It
therefore has represented a flagship project for the Commission since its very
start.
The
overall development of the SIS II was undeniably very demanding. Building such 
complex system whilst meeting the high expectations of its users and satisfying
evolving  requirements proved to be both technically and politically very
challenging and consequently more time-consuming that initially foreseen.
In
2009 a major evaluation exercise took place. As a result, in 2010 an enhanced
management structure, upgraded technical specifications, a new roadmap as well
as a revised budgetary framework for the completion of the project were all put
in place. Despite various challenges the SIS II project remained henceforth on
track both time-wise and budget-wise. The successful performance of the two
Milestone tests confirmed the robustness and performance of the Central System
as well as the underlying key architectural and technical choices. This was
then followed by the final phases of testing and the actual migration of data
from SIS 1 to SIS II, all of which were completed successfully. 
Accordingly,
thanks to a renewed commitment of all stakeholders towards the finalisation of
the project, the SIS II was accomplished in this reporting period and entered
into operation on 9 April as determined by the JHA Council in March 2013. The
SIS II has since been functioning smoothly. 
Finally,
the lessons learned in the SIS II project will serve as a valuable experience for
the development of the new relevant large-scale IT systems in the field,
notably the Entry/Exit System and the Registered Traveller Programme foreseen
under the Smart Borders initiative.
 Budget execution 
   || From 2002 to June 2013 || From January to June 2013 
 (EUR)  Commitments || Payments || Commitments || Payments 
 Development  HP/Steria) || 85 882 789 || 73 566 165 || 35 121 || 2 773 328 
 Development (Atos) || 3 921 248 || 3 548 261 || 0 || 247 219 
 Support & quality assurance || 16 063 293 || 13 612 454 || 210 379 || 1 000 068 
 Network || 45 335 129 || 32 154 296 || 0 || 1 778 679 
 Operational management preparation || 12 986 242 || 9 376 235 || 0 || 66 901 
 Security || 1 358 310 || 386 914 || 0 || 0 
 Studies / Consultancy || 1 086 628 || 985 020 || 22 217 || 21 813 
 Information Campaign || 183 943 || 108 846 || 0 || 75 473 
 Experts Mission Expenses || 4 867 236 || 2 814 072 || 3 482 456 || 2 231 362 
 Others || 14 874 || 14 874 || 0 || 0 
 TOTAL: || 171 699 692 || 136 567 137 || 4 067 173 || 8 194 842 
SIS-VIS
Committee (SIS II) and Working Group Meetings
a)
Meetings held during this reporting period
 JANUARY 2013 
 9, 16, 23, 30 ||  SIS II Global Programme Management Board 
 24 || SIS-VIS Committee (SIS II Technical Formation Meeting) 
 24 || SIS II National Project Managers' Meeting 
 10, 17, 25, 31 || SIS II MEG meeting 
 29 || SIS II CMB meeting 
 FEBRUARY 2013 
 5, 13, 21, 27 || SIS II Global Programme Management Board 
 26 || SIS-VIS Committee (SIS II Technical Formation Meeting) 
 26 || SIS II National Project Managers' Meeting 
 7, 14, 21, 28 || SIS II MEG meeting 
 6 || SIS II CMB meeting 
 MARCH 2013 
 5, 14 , 20 , 26 || SIS II Global Programme Management Board 
 22 || SIS-VIS Committee (SIS II Technical Formation Meeting) 
 22 || SIS II National Project Managers' Meeting 
 7 , 14 , 21 || SIS II MEG meeting 
 21 || SIS II CMB meeting 
 APRIL 2013 
 3, 17 , 25 || SIS II Global Programme Management Board 
 26 || SIS-VIS Committee (SIS II Technical Formation Meeting) 
 26 || SIS II National Project Managers' Meeting 
 4 , 11, 18 , 25 ||  SIS II MEG meeting 
 MAY 2013 
 2 , 7 || SIS II Global Programme Management Board 
 30 || SIS-VIS Committee (SIS II Technical Formation Meeting) 
 30 || SIS II National Project Managers' Meeting 
 2, 16 ||  SIS II MEG meeting 
[1]              Council Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 of 24 October
2008 on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second
generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (OJ L 299, 8.11.2008, p. 1).
[2]              Council Decision 2008/839/JHA of 24 October 2008 on
migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second
generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (OJ L 299, 8.11.2008, p. 43).
[3]              Article 55(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) 1987/2006 of the
European Parliament and the Council on the establishment, operation and use of
the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (OJ L 381/4,
28.12.2006) and Article 71(3)(c) of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA of 12 June
2007 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen
Information System (SIS II) (OJ L 205/63, 7.8.2007).
[4]              SIRENE — Supplementary Information Request at the
National Entries
[5]              (OJ L 71/1, 14.3. 2013) (OJ L 359/32, 29.12. 2012)
[6]              Common Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 (OJ
L 381, 28.12.2006) and of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA (OJ L 205, 7.8.2007). 
[7]              Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011establishing a European Agency
for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of
freedom, security and justice (OJ L 286/1,1.11.2011)
[8]              Article 12(1)(y) of Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011establishing a
European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the
area of freedom, security and justice (OJ L 286/1,1.11.2011)
[9]              OJ C 103, 9.04.2013, p. 1
[10]             Council Decision of 7 March 2013 fixing the date of
application of Regulation 1987/2006 JHA on the establishment, operation and use
of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (OJ L87/10,
27.3.2013) and Council Decision of 7 March 2013 fixing the date of application
of Decision 2007/533/JHA on the establishment, operation and use of the second
generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (OJ L87/8, 27.3.2013)
[11]             Common Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 (OJ L
381, 28.12.2006) and of Council Decision 2007/533/JHA (OJ L 205, 7.8.2007).