1. The costs incurred in connection with the establishment and operation of the EES Central System, the Communication Infrastructure, the NUI, the web service and the data repository referred to in Article 63(2) shall be borne by the general budget of the Union.
2. Costs incurred in connection with the integration of the existing national border infrastructure and its connection to the NUI as well as in connection with hosting the NUI shall be borne by the general budget of the Union.
The following costs shall be excluded:
(a)
Member States’ project management office (meetings, missions, offices);
(b)
hosting of national IT systems (space, implementation, electricity, cooling);
(c)
operation of national IT systems (operators and support contracts);
(d)
customisation of existing border checks and policing systems for national entry-exit systems;
(e)
project management of national entry-exit systems;
(f)
design, development, implementation, operation and maintenance of national communication networks;
(g)
automated border control systems, self-service systems and e-gates.
3. The costs incurred by the central access points referred to in Articles 29 and 30 shall be borne, respectively, by each Member State and Europol. The costs for the connection of those central access points to the NUI and to the EES shall be borne by each Member State and Europol, respectively.
4. Each Member State and Europol shall set up and maintain at their expense the technical infrastructure necessary to implement Chapter IV and shall be responsible for bearing the costs resulting from access to the EES for that purpose.