# 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 14: Replacement of the national sections by N.SIS II

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

1. The N.SIS II may replace the national section referred to in Article 92 of the Schengen Convention, in which case the Member States need not hold a national data file.
2. If any of the Member States replace their national section by N.SIS II, the compulsory functions of the technical support function towards that national section as referred to in Article 92(2) and (3) of the Schengen Convention shall become compulsory functions towards Central SIS II, without prejudice to the obligations referred to in Article 5(1) and Article 10(1), (2) and (3) of this Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1273/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1273/article-14
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