L 315/30 Official Journal of the European Union 2.12.2009 COMMISSION DECISION of 30 November 2009 adopting technical implementing measures for entering the data and linking applications, for accessing the data, for amending, deleting and advance deleting of data and for keeping and accessing the records of data processing operations in the Visa Information System (notified under document C(2009) 9402) (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) (2009/876/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) ('), and in particular Articles 45(2)(a) to (d) thereof, Whereas: 1) Council Decision 2004/512/EC of 8 June 2004 estab- lishing the Visa Information System (VIS) (%) established the VIS as a system for the exchange of visa data between Member States and gave a mandate to the Commission to develop the VIS. Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 defines the purpose and the functionalities of, and the responsibilities for the VIS and establishes the conditions and procedures for the exchange of visa data between Member States to facilitate the examination of visa applications and related decisions. Article 45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 provides that the measures necessary for the technical implemen- tation of the central VIS, the national interfaces and the communication infrastructure between the central VIS and the national interfaces shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 49(2). Commission Decision 2009/377/EC (}) lays down measures for the consultation mechanism and the procedures referred to in Article 16 of Regulation (EQ) No 767[2008. Commission Decision 2009/756[EC (*) lays down specifications for the resolution and use of fingerprints for biometric identifi- cation and verification in the VIS. 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60. 213, 15.6.2004, p. 5. () O] L () O L () OJ L 117, 12.5.2009, p. 3. () O] L 270, 15.10.2009, p. 14. () Pursuant to Article 45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, measures necessary for the technical imple- mentation of the VIS, in relation to the procedures for entering data and linking applications, for accessing data, for amending, deleting and advance deleting of data and for keeping and accessing the records of data processing operations shall be adopted. A technical concept of ownership shall be adopted to ensure that data within the VIS can solely be maintained by the visa authorities of the Member States responsible for entering the data in the VIS. The measures laid down by the present Decision for the technical implementation of the VIS should be completed by the Detailed Technical Specifications and the Interface Control Document of the VIS. In accordance with Article 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark did not take part in the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and is not bound by it nor subject to its application. However, given that Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 builds upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark, in accordance with Article 5 of the Protocol, notified by letter of 13 October 2008 the transposition of this acquis in its national law. It is therefore bound under international law to implement this Decision. 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 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and is not bound by it or subject to its application as it constitutes a devel- opment of provisions of the Schengen acquis. The United Kingdom is therefore not an addressee of this Decision. () O] L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.