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The Commission’s proposal to amend Council Regulation 1683 provides common security standards for visas and the storage of two biometric identifiers on a storage medium with a sufficient capacity. However, tests have shown that technical problems occur when a chip is introduced in each visa sticker. The Council has therefore decided to anticipate the storage of biometric identifiers in the central part of the visa information system and to consider, at a later stage, whether the additional storage of biometric identifiers and the visa sticker or an additional separate smart card would be necessary. The Council invited the Commission on 24 February 2005 to make every effort to enable the storage of biometric identifiers in the central part of the visa information system from 2006 onwards.
The decision on the additional storage of biometric identifiers on the visa sticker will largely depend on pilot testing, which is currently being carried out. The results of this project can be expected shortly.
In the meantime, the Commission is cooperating closely with the Member States which are responsible for the conversion of VIS into the national structure. The Commission is currently preparing, in close cooperation with Member States, an interface control document which ensures interoperability.
The call for tender which the Member States may publish for the national part of the VIS will be based to a large extent on this interface control document. The Commission is confident that all Member States will be ready to connect their national systems to the central part of the VIS as explained until end 2006.
As far as consular posts are concerned a roll-out plan for the entire project development period becoming operational at the end of 2006 and further development between 2007-2013 should be prepared in cooperation with Member States.
Finally, the Commission considers that the Commission’s proposal to amend Council Regulation 1683 respects all data protection issues. In accordance with the data protection directive 95/46, the Article 29 working party has been consulted and had given its opinion on 11 August 2004. This opinion will of course be taken into full account in the further legislation process if the additional storage of biometric identifiers on the visa sticker or an additional, separate smart card is necessary.
As regards the access of law enforcement authorities to the VIS, the Commission’s services are working on the third pillar legislative proposal in the field of data protection."@en1
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