1.11.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 286/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 1077/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 25 October 2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE Management Authority is to be responsible for the oper- EUROPEAN UNION, ational management of Central SIS II and certain aspects of the communication infrastructure. Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Article 74, Article 77(2)(a) and (b), (2)  The Visa Information System (VIS) was established by Article 78(2)(e), Article 79(2)(c), Article 82(1)(d), Article 85(1), Council Decision 2004/512/EC of 8 June 2004 estab- Article 87(2)(a) and Article 88(2) thereof, lishing the Visa Information System (VIS) (*). 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 Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (°) provides that the Commission is to be responsible, during a tran- sitional period, for the operational management of the VIS. After that transitional period, a Management After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Authority is to be responsible for the operational parliaments, management of the Central VIS and of the national interfaces and for certain aspects of the communication infrastructure. Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1), (3)  Eurodac was established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 of 11 December 2000 concerning the Whereas: establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of ’ fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention (6). Council Regulation (EC) No 407/2002 (7) lays down necessary implementing rules. (1) The second-generation Schengen Information System (SIS 1) was established by 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) (3) and by Council Decision 2007/533[JHA of 12 June 2007 on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information ~ System (SIS 1I) (}). Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Decision 2007/533/JHA provide that the Commission is to be responsible, during a tran- sitional period, for the operational management of Central SIS 1L After that transitional period, a (4) It is necessary to establish a Management Authority in order to ensure the operational management of SIS II, VIS and Eurodac and of certain aspects of the communi- cation infrastructure after the transitional period, and potentially that of other large-scale information tech- nology (IT) systems in the area of freedom, security and justice, subject to the adoption of separate legislative instruments. () O] L 213, 15.6.2004, p. 5. () O] L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60. (6 O] L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 1. () (") Position of the European Parliament of 5 July 2011 (not yet 7) Council Regulation (EC) No 407/2002 of 28 February 2002 laying published in the Official Journal) and Decision of the Council of down certain rules to implement Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 12 September 2011. concerning the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of () OJ L 381, 28.12.2006, p. 4. fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention () O] L 205, 7.8.2007, p. 63. (O] L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 1).