Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/794
Article 2
Regulation (EU) 2016/794 is amended as follows: (1) in Article 4(1), the following point is added: ‘(q) provide an opinion following a consultation request referred to in Article 9e(4), Article 9g(4) and Article 22b(14) and (16) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *5 ) . ( *5 ) 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 information between Member States on short-stay visas, long-stay visas, and residence permits (VIS Regulation) ( OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60 ).’;" (2) Article 21 is amended as follows: (a) the title is replaced by the following: ‘Access by Eurojust, OLAF and, only for purposes of ETIAS, by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and, only for purposes of VIS, by the VIS designated authorities to information stored by Europol’; (b) the following paragraph is inserted: ‘1b. Europol shall take all appropriate measures to enable the VIS designated authorities, for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, to have indirect access on the basis of a hit/no hit system to data provided for the purposes of point (a) of Article 18(2) of this Regulation, without prejudice to any restrictions indicated by the Member State, Union body, third country or international organisation providing the information in question, in accordance with Article 19(2) of this Regulation. In the case of a hit, Europol shall initiate the procedure by which the information that generated the hit may be shared, in accordance with the decision of the provider of the information to Europol. Such information may be shared only to the extent that the data generating the hit are necessary for the performance of the VIS designated authorities’ tasks related to VIS. Paragraphs 2 to 7 of this Article shall apply accordingly.’.