L 79/20 Official Journal of the European Union 20.3.2007 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 16 March 2007 laying down the network requirements for the Schengen Information System II (1st pillar) (notified under document number C(2007) 845) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish text is authentic) (2007/170[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 of 6 December 2001 on the development of the second generation of the Schengen Information System (SIS 1I) (!) and in particular Article 4(a) thereof, Whereas: In order to develop SIS II it is necessary to set out technical specifications concerning the communication network, its components, and the specific network requirements. Appropriate arrangements, in particular as regards the elements of the uniform national interface located in Member States, should be put in place between the Commission and the Member States. This decision is without prejudice to the adoption in future of other Commission’s Decisions related to the development of SIS II, in particular on the development of the security requirements. () OJ L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 4. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1988/2006 (O] L 411, 30.12.2006, p. 1). (4) Both Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 and Council Decision 2001/886/JHA (?) govern the development of the SIS II. In order to ensure that there will be one single implementing process for the development of SIS II as a whole, the provisions of this Decision should mirror the provisions of the Commission’s Decision laying down the network requirements for SIS II to be taken in application of Decision 2001/886/JHA. 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 2424/2001 and is not bound by it or 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. 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 Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 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. () O] L 328, 13.12.2001, p. 1. () O] L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43. Decision as amended by Decision 2004/926/EC (O] L 395, 31.12.2004, p. 70). () O] L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.