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Division 2 Physical architecture of the national interfaces and of the communication infrastructure between the central VIS and national interfaces

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The NI-VIS, as defined in Article 1(2) of Council Decision 2004/512/EC, shall consist of:

  • one local national interface (hereinafter referred to as ‘LNI’) for each Member State which is the interface that physically connects the Member State to the secure communication network and contains the encryption devices dedicated to VIS. The LNI is located at the Member State premises,

  • an optional backup local national interface (hereinafter referred to as ‘BLNI’) which has the same content, function as the LNI.

The specific configuration of the LNI and BLNI will be specified and agreed with each individual Member State.

The LNI and BLNI are to be used exclusively for purposes defined by the Community legislation applicable to VIS.

The communication infrastructure between the CS-VIS and the NI-VIS shall consist of:

  • the network for Secure Trans-European Services for Telematics between Administrations (sTESTA) that provides an encrypted, virtual, private network (vis.stesta.eu) dedicated to VIS data and to communication between Member States according to the Community legislation related to VIS and between Member States and the authority responsible for the operational management for the CS-VIS.