Start of operations
Article 75
1. The Commission shall determine the date from which the Member States and Europol can start using the router by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met: (a) the measures referred to in Article 5(3), Article 8(2) and (3), Article 13(2) and (3), Article 17(3), Article 22(2) and (3), Article 31 and Article 37(6) have been adopted; (b) eu-LISA has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the router, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent authorities and Europol. The Commission shall determine, by means of the implementing act referred to in the first subparagraph, the date from which the Member States and Europol are to start using the router. That date shall be one year after the date determined in accordance with the first subparagraph. The Commission may postpone the date from which the Member States and Europol are to start using the router by one year at most where an assessment of the implementation of the router has shown that such a postponement is necessary. 2. Member States shall ensure, two years after the start of operations of the router, the availability of facial images as referred to in Article 19 for the purposes of automated searching of facial images as referred to in Article 20. 3. The Commission shall determine the date from which the Member States and Europol are to start using EPRIS by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met: (a) the measures referred to in Article 44(6) have been adopted; (b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of EPRIS, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent authorities. 4. The Commission shall determine the date from which Europol is to make available third country-sourced biometric data to Member States in accordance with Article 48 by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met: (a) the router is in operation; (b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of its connection to the router, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent authorities and eu-LISA. 5. The Commission shall determine the date from which Europol is to have access to data stored in Member States’ databases in accordance with Article 49 by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met: (a) the router is in operation; (b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of its connection to the router, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent authorities and eu-LISA. 6. The implementing acts referred to in this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 77(2).