European agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of ​​freedom, security and justice

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European agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of ​​freedom, security and justice eu-LISA
Logo eu-LISA
English name	European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of ​​freedom, security and justice
French name	Agence européenne pour la gestion opérationnelle des systèmes d'information à grande échelle au sein de l'espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice
Organization type	European Union Agency
Seat of the organs	Tallinn , Estonia
Chair	Krum Garkov
founding	December 1, 2012
eulisa.europa.eu

The European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of ​​freedom, security and justice for short also European Agency for large-scale IT systems or eu-LISA is an agency of the European Union and was set up to manage extensive information systems in the area of ​​freedom, of security and law to operate.

history

After years of efforts, the EU voted in September 2011 to found a central " Agency for large-scale IT systems ". The agency was based in Tallinn , the capital of Estonia, and began operations on December 1, 2012. The agency started managing the Visa Information System (VIS) and the EURODAC fingerprint database . The Schengen Information System (SIS) was transferred to eu-LISA in April 2013 after the switch to SIS II .

In July 2014 heise reported online about new proposals from the EU Commission. These provide for the data management of "the planned entry / exit system (EES) and the registration program (RTP)" by EU-LISA. The recording of flight passenger data in a central EU database is also being planned. The member states are, however, against the management of flight passenger data by EU-LISA. In the course of the NSA affair , support for the sTESTA network was transferred from Orange Business Services and Hewlett-Packard to T-Systems . The Schengen member states exchange data from SIS II, VIS and EURODAC via the network.

task

The agency supports the implementation of EU policies in the areas

• asylum
• migration
• immigration
• Border Guard .

The agency was set up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 1077/2011 and started its work in December 2012.

Eu-LISA mainly helps EU countries in their efforts to make Europe safer through the use of technology . The basis for the agency's activities is respect for basic civil rights and compliance with the strictest security and data protection standards . The main task of eu-LISA is the operational management of the following systems:

• Second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)
• Visa Information System (VIS)
• EURODAC
• in future: the entry / exit system EES for entry and exit of non-EU citizens (EES for entry-exit system)
• in future: the European travel information and authorization system (ETIAS) for visa-free travelers (like ESTA in the USA)
• future: the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS, European Criminal Records Information System)

Interoperability

In November 2018, the European Council gave EU-Lisa the mandate to implement interoperability . As with a “ Google for security authorities”, authorized officers use a single portal to query every database operated in Strasbourg at the same time. Up until now, each database had its own rules. The police did not receive uncontrolled data on asylum seekers. The new search function, however, delivers hits from all systems. This search itself is intended to solve serious crimes. Raphael Bossong ( Science and Politics Foundation ) objected: It remains unclear “whether the proportionality is correct and how the legally vague term of 'serious crimes' is then concretely interpreted”.

With regard to interoperability, the German member of the Bundestag Andrej Hunko warned : “From a civil and data protection perspective, the project is brutal. Fingerprints and facial images would be saved with personal data in a single file, which would then be searchable. I am concerned about the power that EU-Lisa receives as the guardian of the new central 'data pool'. "

Multilingualism

Eu-LISA publishes the following documents on its website in accordance with its founding regulation (EU No. 1077/2011) in all official languages ​​of the institutions and bodies of the European Union :

• Annual work programs,
• Annual activity reports,
• Annual budgets,
• Lists of the competent authorities authorized to directly query the data stored in the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II),
• Lists of the bodies of the national systems of the SIS II (N.SIS II) and the SIRENE bureaus,
• List of designated authorities that have access to the data stored in the Eurodac central system (on asylum),
• eu-LISA's official replies to the observations of the European Court of Auditors on the Agency's annual accounts.

Various public information material such as leaflets, brochures or fact sheets are published in English, French, German and (given the location of the agency) Estonian. Most of the eu-LISA web content is, however, only available in English due to resource-related reasons.

Seat

Eu-LISA is headquartered in Tallinn ( Estonia ). The operational management of the systems mentioned takes place in Strasbourg ( France ) with a back-up system in Sankt Johann im Pongau ( Austria ).

address

EU House-Rävala pst 4
10143 Tallinn
Estonia

Web links

• Official website
• europa.eu: European Agency for Large-Scale IT Systems
• Jannis Brühl: New power for the most obscure authority in the EU. In: SZ.de November 21, 2018, accessed November 28, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eu-LISA: Who we are
2. ↑ europa.eu: European Agency for Large-Scale IT Systems
3. ↑ COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: EU agency for large scale IT systems. (PDF; 79 kB) September 12, 2011, accessed on September 4, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Christian Kirsch: EU founds authority for its large IT systems. In: heise online. September 12, 2011, accessed September 4, 2012 . 
5. ↑ European Commission Home Affairs: EU agency for large scale IT systems. (No longer available online.) August 31, 2012, archived from the original on September 10, 2012 ; Retrieved September 4, 2012 . 
6. ↑ European Commission Home Affairs: New Agency to manage IT systems in the area of ​​freedom, security and justice. (PDF; 4.2 MB) (No longer available online.) January 2011, archived from the original on December 24, 2012 ; Retrieved September 4, 2012 . 
7. ↑ Detlef Borchers, Andreas Wilkens: Tallinn becomes the headquarters of the European agency for large IT systems. In: heise online. June 10, 2011, accessed September 4, 2012 . 
8. ^ Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti, Andreas Wilkens: EU agency for police systems is expanding. In: heise online. July 3, 2014, accessed July 22, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Regulation (EU) No. 1077/2011
10. ↑ Second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) - Regulation on the former first pillar In: EUR-Lex .
11. ↑ VIS Regulation In: EUR-Lex .
12. ^ "Eurodac" system In: EUR-Lex .
13. ^ Raphael Bossong (Science and Politics Foundation): Intelligent borders and interoperable databases for the internal security of the EU. Implementation risks and legal requirements
14. ↑ Jannis Brühl: New power for the most obscure authority in the EU.
15. ↑ eu-LISA: eu-LISA approach to the practice of multilingualism in the EU

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