Article 1
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2222 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 1, point 1 is replaced by the following: ‘(1) “statistical data” means the data, which is anonymised and used solely for the purpose of producing statistical reports pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) , Regulations (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1860, (EU) 2018/1861, (EU) 2018/1862, (EU) 2019/816, and Regulations (EU) 2024/982 ( *2 ) , (EU) 2024/1358 ( *3 ) , (EU) 2025/12 ( *4 ) and (EU) 2025/13 ( *5 ) of the European Parliament and of the Council; ( *1 ) 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 States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) ( OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/767/oj )." ( *2 ) Regulation (EU) 2024/982 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2024 on the automated search and exchange of data for police cooperation, and amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) No 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the Prüm II Regulation) ( OJ L, 2024/982, 5.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/982/oj )." ( *3 ) Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of “Eurodac” for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third-country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L, 2024/1358, 22.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1358/oj )." ( *4 ) Regulation (EU) 2025/12 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for enhancing and facilitating external border checks, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726 and (EU) 2019/817, and repealing Council Directive 2004/82/EC ( OJ L, 2025/12, 8.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/12/oj )." ( *5 ) Regulation (EU) 2025/13 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818 ( OJ L, 2025/13, 8.1.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/13/oj ).’;" (2) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) the following paragraph 3a is inserted: ‘3a. The central repository shall contain statistics necessary to prepare reports on the technical functioning of the systems in accordance with the Regulations referred to in Article 1(1).’ ; (b) in paragraph 5, the following points are added: ‘(c) reports pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358, containing the following statistics: (i) monthly statistics on the work of Eurodac as referred in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358; (ii) monthly statistical data for persons referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 broken down by Member State. The statistical data for persons as referred to in Article 12(1), point (i) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358, shall, where possible, be broken down by year of birth and sex; (iii) monthly cross-system statistics from Eurodac, VIS, ETIAS and the EES specified in the implementing acts referred in Article 12(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358; (iv) regular statistics on specific aspects related to the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358; (d) reports pursuant to Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13, containing the following statistics: (i) quarterly statistics on the functioning of the router and on compliance of air carriers with the obligations set out in Regulation (EU) 2025/13; (ii) statistical information necessary for the reporting referred to in Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13 and for generating statistics in accordance with Article 39(5) and (6) of that Regulation; (iii) regular statistics for ensuring the monitoring by eu-LISA of the development and the functioning of the router in accordance with Article 39(9) of Regulation (EU) 2025/13; (e) customisable reports and statistics pursuant to Article 72(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/982.’; (c) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: ‘6. The technical reports referred to in paragraph 3 shall contain statistics on the usage of the system, availability, incidents, performance capacity, biometric accuracy, data quality and, where applicable, pending transactions.’ ; (3) in Article 6, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. Access to the central repository by duly authorised staff shall be granted and managed in accordance with Article 45a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Article 84 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1860, Article 60 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861, Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2019/816, Article 72 of Regulation (EU) 2024/982, Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358, Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2025/12 and Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13.’ .