Tuesday, September 13, 2011

EU authority based on their large IT systems

EU authority based on their large IT systems

Approved after the Council of Ministers a compromise with Parliament and
the Commission, should the 'Agency for large-scale IT systems "(Agency
for large scale IT systems) record in the summer of next year their
work. The Authority will operate the Schengen Information System II (SIS
II) and the Visa Information System VIS when they are completed. It will
also manage so far in the EU Commission be moved fingerprint database
for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants (Eurodac). In the future they
could take on other IT projects in the "area of ​​freedom, security and
justice," reads the directive.

The agency will have its headquarters in Tallinn, the Estonian capital.
Development and operating company will be held in Strasbourg, the
Austrian Sankt Johann im Pongau, there is a backup installation. At both
locations, the already existing technology in the Schengen.

The Authority is headed by a board composed of one representative from
the 27 EU Member States, associated countries Iceland, Norway,
Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as two representatives of the EU
Commission. Must decide which aspects of the EU associated countries in
this council and how they are involved in the financing of the
authorities is not yet finally resolved.

SIS II will start in the first quarter of 2013 and then manage up to 100
million records. The upgrade from the current Schengen system, which
currently stores 35 million records will take, since 2006 and has so far
cost at least € 90 million. VIS will also go to the late start: It was
originally announced in December 2009 are available. There is now talk
of "Autumn 2011".

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