20.1.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 14/9 (Acts adopted before 1 December 2009 under the EC Treaty, the EU Treaty and the Euratom Treaty) COUNCIL DECISION of 30 November 2009 amending the Decision of the Executive Committee set up by the 1990 Schengen Convention, amending the Financial Regulation on the costs of installing and operating the technical support function for the Schengen Information System (C.SIS) (2010/32/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the provisions of Articles 92, 92A and 119 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (the 1990 Schengen Convention) (1), Whereas: The 1990 Schengen Convention provides that the costs arising from the installation and operation of C.SIS, including the cost of the wide-area network, and its encryption, connecting the national sections of the Schengen Information System (SIS) to the C.SIS shall be borne jointly by the Contracting Parties. The financial obligations arising from the installation and operation of the C.SIS are regulated by a specific Financial Regulation, as amended by the Decision of the Schengen Executive Committee of 15 December 1997 amending the Financial Regulation on C.SIS (%) (hereinafter the ‘C.SIS Financial Regulation)). As regards the communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council was authorised by Decision 1999/870/EC (%) and Decision 2007/149/EC (*) to act, in the context of the integration of the Schengen acquis within the European Union, as the representative of certain Member States for the purposes of concluding and managing contracts relating to the installation and the functioning of the communication infrastructure for the 239, 22.9.2000, p. 19. 239, 22.9.2000, p. 444. 337, 30.12.1999, p. 41. L L L L 66, 6.3.2007, p. 19. ( ( ( ( 5 6 7 8 Schengen environment, ‘SISNET’ pending its migration to a communication infrastructure under the responsibility of the European Union. The financial obligations arising from the installation and the functioning of the communication infrastructure for the Schengen environment under those contracts are regulated by a specific Financial Regulation established by Council Decision 2000/265/EC (). The C.SIS Financial Regulation and the SISNET Financial Regulation apply to Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and to Iceland and Norway by virtue of Council Decision 2000/777[EC (%), to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic by virtue of Council Decision 2007/471/EC (), and to Switzerland by virtue of Council Decision 2008/421/EC (®). Bulgaria, Romania and Liechtenstein are also to participate in the provisions of these Financial Regulations from the dates to be set by the Council in accordance with Article 4(2) of the 2005 Act of Accession and in accordance with Article 10 of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confed- eration on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, respectively. The management by the same entity of the technical support function and of the wide-area network, including encryption, connecting it to the national sections of the SIS, including all the financial obligations stemming from their installation and operation, should make proceedings smooth, ensuring synergies and saving efforts. 85, 6.4.2000, p. 12. 309, 9.12.2000, p. 24. ) O] L ) O] L ) O] L 179, 7.7.2007, p. 46. ) O] L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 74.