1. eu-LISA shall be responsible for the operational management of Central SIS. eu-LISA shall, in cooperation with the Member States, ensure that at all times the best available technology is used for Central SIS, subject to a cost-benefit analysis.
2. eu-LISA shall also be responsible for the following tasks relating to the Communication Infrastructure:
(a)
supervision;
(b)
security;
(c)
the coordination of relations between the Member States and the provider;
(d)
tasks relating to implementation of the budget;
(e)
acquisition and renewal; and
(f)
contractual matters.
3. eu-LISA shall also be responsible for the following tasks relating to the SIRENE Bureaux and communication between the SIRENE Bureaux:
(a)
the coordination, management and support of testing activities;
(b)
the maintenance and updating of technical specifications for the exchange of supplementary information between SIRENE Bureaux and the Communication Infrastructure; and
(c)
managing the impact of technical changes where it affects both SIS and the exchange of supplementary information between SIRENE Bureaux.
4. eu-LISA shall develop and maintain a mechanism and procedures for carrying out quality checks on the data in CS-SIS. It shall provide regular reports to the Member States in this regard.
eu-LISA shall provide a regular report to the Commission covering the issues encountered and the Member States concerned.
The Commission shall provide the European Parliament and the Council with a regular report on data quality issues that are encountered.
5. eu-LISA shall also perform tasks related to providing training on the technical use of SIS and on measures for improving the quality of SIS data.
6. The operational management of Central SIS shall consist of all the tasks necessary to keep Central SIS functioning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in accordance with this Regulation, in particular the maintenance work and technical developments necessary for the smooth running of the system. Those tasks shall also include the coordination, management and support of testing activities for Central SIS and the N.SIS that ensure that Central SIS and the N.SIS operate in accordance with the requirements for technical and functional compliance set out in Article 9.
7. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to set out the technical requirements for the Communication Infrastructure. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 76(2).