L 87/8 Official Journal of the European Union 27.3.2013 DECISIONS COUNCIL DECISION of 7 March 2013 fixing the date of application of Decision 2007/533/JHA on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (2013/157[EU) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to Council Decision 2007/533[JHA of 12 June 2007 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) ('), and in particular Article 71(2) thereof, Whereas: Article 71(2) of Decision 2007/533[JHA specifies that the Decision shall apply to the Member States partici- pating in SIS 1 + from a date to be fixed by the Council, acting by the unanimity of its Members repre- senting the Governments of the Member States partici- pating in SIS 1 +, In accordance with Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1272/2012 of 20 December 2012 on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1 +) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS 1) (%) the switchover into SIS II will start on the date fixed by the Council acting in accordance with Article 71(2) of Decision 2007/533/JHA. In accordance with Article 71(3)(a) of Decision 2007/533[JHA, the Commission has adopted the necessary implementing measures by Commission Imple- menting Decision 2013/115/EU (}) adopting the SIRENE Manual and other implementing measures for the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS 1II) and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU of 4 May 2010 on the Security Plan for Central SIS II and the Communi- cation Infrastructure (*). In accordance with Article 71(3)(b) of Decision 2007/533[JHA, all Member States fully participating in SIS 1 + have notified it that they have made the necessary technical and legal arrangements to process SIS 1I data and exchange supplementary information. 205, 7.8.2007, p. 63. 359, 29.12.2012, p. 21. () O] L () O] L () OJ L 71, 14.3.2013, p. 1. () O L 112, 5.5.2010, p. 31. ©) (10) ) O () 0 In accordance with Article 71(3)(c) of Decision 2007/533[JHA, the Commission has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of SIS II, which was conducted by the Commission together with the Member States, and the relevant preparatory bodies of the Council validated on 6 February 2013 the proposed test result and confirmed that the level of performance of SIS II is at least equivalent to that achieved with SIS 1 +. In accordance with Article 71(3)(d) of Decision 2007/533[JHA, the Commission has made the necessary technical arrangements for allowing Central SIS I to be connected to N.SIS II of the Member States concerned. In accordance with Article 9(1) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1272/2012 the Member States participating in SIS 1 + have successfully completed functional SIRENE tests and the relevant preparatory body of the Council has validated their results on 15 February 2013. The conditions laid down by Article 71(3) of Decision 2007/533[JHA thus being fulfilled, it is for the Council to determine the date from which the SIS II shall apply to the Member States participating in the SIS 1 +. In view of the need for the entry into operation of SIS II to be as early as possible, this Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters’ association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (°) which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point G, of Council ~ Decision ~ 1999/437/EC () on  certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement. L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36. L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.