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Each national public-sector body referred to in paragraph 4 shall meet the following selection criteria: it must demonstrate that it has extensive experience in operating a large-scale information system; it must have considerable expertise in the service and security requirements of a large-scale information system; it must have sufficient and experienced staff with the appropriate professional expertise and linguistic skills to work in an international cooperation environment such as that required by the VIS; it must have a secure and custom-built facility infrastructure able, in particular, to back up and guarantee the continuous functioning of large-scale IT systems; and its administrative environment must allow it to implement its tasks properly and avoid any conflict of interests.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.