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1. This Regulation, together with Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council (), establishes a framework to ensure interoperability between the Entry/Exit System (EES), the Visa Information System (VIS), the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), Eurodac, the Schengen Information System (SIS), and the European Criminal Records Information System for third-country nationals (ECRIS-TCN).

2. The framework shall include the following interoperability components:

(a) a European search portal (ESP);

(b) a shared biometric matching service (shared BMS);

(c) a common identity repository (CIR);

(d) a multiple-identity detector (MID).

3. This Regulation also lays down provisions on data quality requirements, on a universal message format (UMF), on a central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS) and on the responsibilities of the Member States and of the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA), with respect to the design, development and operation of the interoperability components.

4. This Regulation also adapts the procedures and conditions for the designated authorities and for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to access the EES, VIS, ETIAS and Eurodac for the purposes of the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences.

5. This Regulation also lays down a framework for verifying the identity of persons and for identifying persons.