Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1862
Article 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 is amended as follows: (1) the following article is inserted: ‘Article 18a Keeping of logs for the purposes of interoperability with VIS Logs of each data processing operation carried out within SIS and VIS pursuant to Article 50a of this Regulation shall be kept in accordance with Article 18 of this Regulation and Article 34 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *6 ) . ( *6 ) 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) in Article 44(1), the following point is added: ‘(g) manually verifying hits triggered by automated queries from the VIS and assessing whether the applicant for a visa, a long-stay visa or a residence permit could pose a threat to public policy or public security, in accordance with Articles 9d and 9g or Article 22b, of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008.’; (3) the following article is inserted: ‘Article 50a Interoperability with VIS From the date of the start of operations of VIS pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1134 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *7 ) the SIS Central System shall be connected to the ESP to enable the automated processing pursuant to in Articles 9a and 22b of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008. ( *7 ) Regulation (EU) 2021/1134 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1860, (EU) 2018/1861, (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA, for the purpose of reforming the Visa Information System ( OJ L 248, 13.7.2021, p. 11 ).’."