# Council Regulation (EU) No 1273/2012 of 20 December 2012 on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (recast), Article 1: General purpose

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Schengen Information System (SIS), set up pursuant to the provisions of Title IV of the Schengen Convention (SIS 1+), shall be replaced by a new system, the Schengen Information System II (SIS II), the establishment, operation and use of which is regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006.
2. In accordance with the procedures and the division of tasks set out in this Regulation, SIS II shall be developed by the Commission and the Member States as a single integrated system and shall be prepared for operations.
3. The development of SIS II may be achieved by implementing an alternative technical scenario characterised by its own technical specifications.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1273/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1273/article-1
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