Responsibilities of the Commission
Article 6
1. By 31 December 2022, the Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts: (a) the minimum technical specifications and standards, including for security and methods for integrity and authenticity verification, underpinning the components of the e-CODEX system referred to in Article 5; (b) the service level requirements for the activities to be carried out by eu-LISA referred to in Article 7 and other necessary technical specifications for those activities, including the number of e-CODEX correspondents; (c) the specific arrangements for the handover and takeover process referred to in Article 10. 2. The Commission may adopt, by means of implementing acts, digital procedural standards, unless the adoption of digital procedural standards is provided for in other Union legal acts in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters. 3. The implementing acts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 19(2). 4. The Commission shall maintain a list of authorised e-CODEX access points which are operated by Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and of the digital procedural standards which each of those authorised e-CODEX access points applies. The Commission shall notify that list and any changes thereto to eu-LISA without delay. 5. The Commission shall designate a number of e-CODEX correspondents in proportion to the number of e-CODEX access points which it has authorised and to the number of digital procedural standards which those authorised e-CODEX access points apply. Only those e-CODEX correspondents shall be entitled to request and receive technical support as referred to in Article 7(1), point (f), in relation to the e-CODEX system operated by Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, under the terms set out in implementing acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article. The Commission shall notify a list of the e-CODEX correspondents it has designated and any changes thereto to eu-LISA.