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Regulation (EU) 2025/13 Article 9

The router

Article 9

1.   eu-LISA shall design, develop, host and technically manage, in accordance with Articles 25 and 26, a router for the purpose of facilitating the transfer of encrypted API data and other PNR data by air carriers to the PIUs in accordance with this Regulation. 2.   The router shall be composed of: (a) a central infrastructure, including a set of technical components enabling the reception and transmission of encrypted API data and other PNR data; (b) a secure communication channel between the central infrastructure and the PIUs, and a secure communication channel between the central infrastructure and the air carriers, for the transfer and transmission of API data and other PNR data and for any communications relating thereto, and for the insertion by the Member States of selected flights as referred to in Article 12(4) into the router and any related updates; (c) a secure channel to receive real-time flight traffic data. 3.   Without prejudice to Article 10 of this Regulation, the router shall, where appropriate and to the extent technically possible, share and reuse the technical components, including hardware and software components, of the web service referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, the carrier gateway referred to in Article 6(2), point (k), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, and the carrier gateway referred to in Article 45c of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008. eu-LISA shall design the router, to the extent technically and operationally possible, in a way that is coherent and consistent with the obligations for air carriers set out in Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2018/1240. 4.   The router shall automatically extract and make available the data, in accordance with Article 39 of this Regulation, to the central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS) established by Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818. 5.   eu-LISA shall design and develop the router in such a way that, for any transfer of API data and other PNR data from the air carriers to the router in accordance with Article 5, and for any transmission of API data and other PNR data from the router to the PIUs in accordance with Article 12 and to the CRRS in accordance with Article 39(2), the API data and other PNR data are end-to-end encrypted during transit.

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CitationArticle 9 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13 (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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