# Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of borders and visa and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1726 and (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA, Article 64: Amendments to Decision 2004/512/EC

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

In Article 1 of Decision 2004/512/EC, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. The Visa Information System shall be based on a centralised architecture and consist of:
(a) the common identity repository central infrastructure as referred to in Article 17(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(b) a central information system, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Central Visa Information System’ (CS-VIS);
(c) an interface in each Member State, hereinafter referred to as the ‘National Interface’ (NI-VIS), to provide the connection to the relevant central national authority of the respective Member State;
(d) a communication infrastructure between the Central Visa Information System and the National Interfaces;
(e) a Secure Communication Channel between the EES Central System and the CS-VIS;
(f) a secure communication infrastructure between the VIS Central System and the central infrastructure of the European search portal established by Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and of the common identity repository established by Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817.’.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/817/article/64 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-817/article-64
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