23.7.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 194/3 I (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 17 June 2008 laying down the physical architecture and requirements of the national interfaces and of the communication infrastructure between the central VIS and the national interfaces for the development phase (notified under document number C(2008) 2693) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2008/602/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  In accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (%), the United Kingdom has not taken part in the adoption Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of Decision 2004/512/EC and is not bound by it or Community, subject to its application as it constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis. The United Kingdom is therefore not an addressee of this Commission Decision. Having regard to Council Decision 2004/512/EC of 8 June 2004 establishing the Visa Information System (VIS) (), and in particular Article 4(a) thereof, (4 In accordance with Council Decision 2002/192[EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (%), Ireland has not taken part in the adoption of Decision 2004/512[EC and is not bound by it or subject to its application as it constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis. Ireland is therefore not an addressee of this Commission Decision. Whereas: (1) Decision 2004/512[EC established the VIS as a system for the exchange of visa data between Member States and gave the mandate to the Commission to develop the VIS. (55 Pursuant to Article 5 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, on 13 August 2004 Denmark decided to implement Decision 2004/512[/EC in Danish law. Decision (2 Appropriate arrangements, in particular as reggrds the 2004/512[EC is thus binding upon Denmark in interna- elements of the national mterface located in each tional law. Denmark has therefore an obligation under Member State, should be put in place between the international law to implement this Decision. Commission and the Member States. - () O] L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43. () O] L 213, 15.6.2004, p. 5. () O] L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.