Keeping of VIS data in national files
Article 30
1. Data retrieved from the VIS may be kept in national files only when necessary in an individual case, in accordance with the purpose of the VIS and in accordance with the relevant legal provisions, including those concerning data protection, and for no longer than necessary in that individual case. 2. Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the right of a Member State to keep in its national files data which that Member State entered in the VIS. 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.