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VIS Regulation In force since 9 July 2008

Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation)
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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 — Purpose
• Article 3 — Availability of data for the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and other serious criminal offences
• Article 4 — Definitions
• Article 5 — Categories of data
• Article 6 — Access for entering, amending, deleting and consulting data
• Article 7 — General principles

Chapter II ENTRY AND USE OF DATA BY VISA AUTHORITIES

• Article 8 — Procedures for entering data upon the application
• Article 9 — Data upon lodging the application
• Article 10 — Data to be added for a visa issued
• Article 11 — Data to be added where the examination of the application is discontinued
• Article 12 — Data to be added for a visa refusal
• Article 13 — Data to be added for a visa annulled or revoked or with a shortened validity period
• Article 14 — Data to be added for a visa extended
• Article 15 — Use of the VIS for examining applications
• Article 16 — Use of the VIS for consultation and requests for documents
• Article 17 — Use of data for reporting and statistics

Chapter III ACCESS TO DATA BY OTHER AUTHORITIES

• Article 18 — Access to data for verification at external border crossing points
• Article 19 — Access to data for verification within the territory of the Member States
• Article 20 — Access to data for identification
• Article 21 — Access to data for determining the responsibility for asylum applications
• Article 22 — Access to data for examining the application for asylum

Chapter IV RETENTION AND AMENDMENT OF THE DATA

• Article 23 — Retention period for data storage
• Article 24 — Amendment of data
• Article 25 — Advance data deletion

Chapter V OPERATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Article 26 — Operational management
• Article 27 — Location of the central Visa Information System
• Article 28 — Relation to the national systems
• Article 29 — Responsibility for the use of data
• Article 30 — Keeping of VIS data in national files
• Article 31 — Communication of data to third countries or international organisations
• Article 32 — Data security
• Article 33 — Liability
• Article 34 — Keeping of records
• Article 35 — Self-monitoring
• Article 36 — Penalties

Chapter VI RIGHTS AND SUPERVISION ON DATA PROTECTION

• Article 37 — Right of information
• Article 38 — Right of access, correction and deletion
• Article 39 — Cooperation to ensure the rights on data protection
• Article 40 — Remedies
• Article 41 — Supervision by the National Supervisory Authority
• Article 42 — Supervision by the European Data Protection Supervisor
• Article 43 — Cooperation between National Supervisory Authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor
• Article 44 — Data protection during the transitional period

Chapter VII FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 45 — Implementation by the Commission
• Article 46 — Integration of the technical functionalities of the Schengen Consultation Network
• Article 47 — Start of transmission
• Article 48 — Start of operations
• Article 49 — Committee
• Article 50 — Monitoring and evaluation
• Article 51 — Entry into force and application