L 87/10 Official Journal of the European Union 27.3.2013 COUNCIL DECISION of 7 March 2013 fixing the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (2013/158/EU) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (6)  In accordance with Article 55(3)(d) of Regulation (EC) No Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) ('), and in particular Article 55(3) thereof, Whereas: 1987/2006, the Commission has made the necessary technical arrangements for allowing Central SIS II to be connected to N.SIS II of the Member States concerned. In accordance with Article 9(1) and (5) of Regulation (EU) No 1273/2012 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. (1) Article 55(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 specifies (8)  The conditions laid down by Article 55(3) of Regulation the Regulation shall apply to the Member States partici- (EC) No 1987] 2006 thus being fulﬁlled,- it is for the pating in SIS 1 + from a date to be fixed by the Council, Council to determine the date from W'.h%Ch -the SIS 11 acting by the unanimity of its Members representing shall apply to the Member States participating in the the Governments of the Member States participating in SIS 1+. + S 1 (9)  In view of the need for the entry into operation of SIS II ) ) ] ) to be as early as possible, this Decision should enter into (2)  In accordance with Article 11(3) of Council Regulation force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal (EU) No 1273/2012 of 20 December 2012 on migration of the European Union. from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information  System (10)  As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes (SIS H? (%) the switchover into SIS I will start on t.he a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis dat(? fixed by the Coupc1l acting in accordance with within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Article 55(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006. Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning (3)  In accordance with Article 55(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No the latters’ association with the implementation, appli- 1987/2006, the Commission has adopted the necessary cation and development of the Schengen acquis (°) implementing measures by Commission Implementing which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, Decision 2013/115/EU (%) adopting the Sirene Manual point G, of Council Decision 1999/437/EC (%) on and other implementing measures for the second certain arrangements for the application of that generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) and Agreement. Commission Decision 2010/261/EU of 4 May 2010 on the Security Plan for Central SIS I and the Communi- (11)  As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a devel- cation Infrastructure (4). opment of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement between the European Union, the Furopean Community and the Swiss Confed- (4)  In accordance with Article 553)(b) of Regu.la.tiorll (EC) eration on the S\I:)’ViSS Confederati}(;n’s association with the No 1987/2006, all Member States fully participating in imol . licati d devel ¢ th SIS 1 + have notified it that they have made the plementation, application and development. oF the . Y Schengen acquis (") which fall within the area referred necessary technical and legal arrangements to process to in Article 1, point G, of Decision 1999/437/EC read SIS II data and exchange supplementary information. in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/146/EC (9). (5)  In accordance with Article 55(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006, the Commission has declared the successful (12)  As regards Liechtenstein, this Decision constitutes a 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+. 381, 28.12.2006, p. 4. 359, 29.12.2012, p. 32. 71, 14.3.2013, p. 1. L L L L 112, 5.5.2010, p. 31. ( ( ( ( 5 6 7 8 development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning 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 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36. 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31. ) O] L ) O] L ) O] L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 52. ) OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 1.