# Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (revoked) EU Regulation 2018/1726 ยท adopted 14 November 2018 Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1726/pdf/eur_20181726_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (11 June 2019) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1726/pdf/eur_20181726_2019-06-11_en.pdf ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: SUBJECT MATTER AND OBJECTIVES ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: TASKS OF THE AGENCY ## 3 Tasks relating to SIS II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Tasks relating to the VIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Tasks relating to Eurodac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Tasks relating to the EES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Tasks relating to ETIAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Tasks relating to DubliNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8a Tasks related to ECRIS-TCN and the ECRIS reference implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Tasks relating to the preparation, development and operational management of other large-scale IT systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Technical solutions requiring specific conditions before implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Tasks relating to the communication infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Data quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Monitoring of research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Pilot projects, proofs of concept and testing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Support to Member States and the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION ## 17 Legal status and location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Functions of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Composition of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Chairperson of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Meetings of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Voting rules of the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Responsibilities of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Appointment of the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Deputy Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Advisory Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 28 Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Public interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Headquarters Agreement and agreements concerning the technical sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Privileges and immunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Language arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Transparency and communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Purposes of processing personal data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Security rules on the protection of classified information and sensitive non-classified information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Security of the Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Administrative inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Cooperation with Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Participation by countries associated with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis and with Dublin- and Eurodac-related measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Cooperation with international organisations and other relevant entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: ESTABLISHMENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE BUDGET ### Section 1: Single programming document ## 44 Single programming document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Establishment of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Presentation, implementation and control of the budgET ## 46 Structure of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Implementation and control of the budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Prevention of conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Financial rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Combating fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: AMENDMENTS TO OTHER UNION LEGAL ACTS ## 51 Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Amendment to Decision 2007/533/JHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ## 53 Legal succession . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Transitional arrangements concerning the Management Board and the Advisory Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Maintenance in force of the internal rules adopted by the Management Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Transitional arrangements concerning the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 57 Replacement and repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Entry into force and applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## CORRELATION TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1726 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1726 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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