Keeping of VIS data in national files
Article 13
1. Data retrieved from the VIS may be kept in national files only when necessary in an individual case in accordance with the purposes set out in this Decision and in accordance with the relevant legal provisions including those concerning data protection and for no longer than necessary in the individual case. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not prejudice the provisions of national law of a Member State concerning the entry by its designated authorities in their national files of data which that Member State entered in the VIS according to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008. 3. Any use of data which does not comply with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be considered a misuse under the national law of each Member State.