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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2001-886/article-4a",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2001/886",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 6 December 2001 on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (2001/886/JHA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2001-886",
  "path": "article/4a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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 development of the system.\n2 . France and Austria shall provide the appropriate infrastructure and means to host the central unit and the back-up central unit of SIS II respectively during the development of the system.\n3 . The national authority providing for the infrastructure 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.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Decision 2006/1007/JHA of 21 December 2006 amending Decision 2001/886/JHA on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)."
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Inserted by Corrigendum to Council Decision 2006/1007/JHA of 21 December 2006 amending Decision 2001/886/JHA on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (Official Journal of the European Union L 411 of 30 December 2006)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2001/886/article/4a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:37.693254+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}