Article 1
Open ↗Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2223 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: ‘(f) reports pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (g) statistics pursuant to Article 45a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (h) reports pursuant to Article 45a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, containing the following statistics on the records kept in the Visa Information System: (i) daily reports and statistics, and quarterly customised reports in accordance with Article 45a(4) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, on airport transit visas, short-stay visas; (ii) quarterly statistics on the long-stay visas applied for, issued, refused, withdrawn, revoked, annulled and extended, and on the residence permits applied for, issued, refused, withdrawn, revoked, annulled and renewed, in accordance with Article 45a(5) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (iii) regular statistics for ensuring the monitoring by eu-LISA of the development and the functioning of the Visa Information System referred to in Articles 45a(3) and 50(1) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (i) reports pursuant to Article 9j(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, containing the following statistics: (i) statistics generated by the EES indicating abnormal rates of overstayers and refusals of entry for a specific group of visa holders; (ii) statistics generated by the VIS in accordance with Article 45a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 indicating abnormal rates of refusals of visa applications due to an irregular migration, security or public health risk associated with a specific group of visa holders; (j) statistics generated by the VIS in accordance with Article 45a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and the EES indicating correlations between information collected through the application form and overstaying by visa holders or refusals of entry; (k) reports pursuant to Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2025/12, 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) 2025/12; (ii) statistical information necessary for the reporting referred to in Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2025/12 and for generating statistics in accordance with Article 38(5) of Regulation (EU) 2025/12; (iii) regular statistics for ensuring the monitoring by eu-LISA of the development and the functioning of the router in accordance with Article 38(8) of Regulation (EU) 2025/12.’; (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, Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13.’ .