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1. eu-LISA shall host the router in its technical sites.

2. eu-LISA shall be responsible for the technical management of the router, including its maintenance and technical developments, in such a manner as to ensure that the API data are securely, effectively and swiftly transmitted through the router, in compliance with this Regulation. The technical management of the router shall consist of carrying out all the tasks and enacting all technical solutions necessary for the proper functioning of the router in accordance with this Regulation in an uninterrupted manner, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It shall include the maintenance work and technical developments necessary to ensure that the router functions at a satisfactory level of technical quality, in particular as regards availability, accuracy and reliability of the transmission of API data, in accordance with the technical specifications and, as much as possible, in line with the operational needs of the competent border authorities and air carriers.

3. eu-LISA’s staff shall not have access to any of the API data that are transmitted through the router. However, that prohibition shall not preclude eu-LISA’s staff from having such access insofar as strictly necessary for the maintenance and technical management of the router.

4. Without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article and to Article 17 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 , eu-LISA shall apply appropriate rules of professional secrecy or other equivalent duties of confidentiality to its staff required to work with API data transmitted through the router. This obligation shall also apply after such staff leave office or employment or after the termination of their activities.