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1. The entity managing the e-CODEX system shall, by 31 December 2022, submit a common handover document to eu-LISA specifying the detailed arrangements for the transfer of the e-CODEX system, including the criteria for a successful handover process and for the successful completion of that process and related documentation, as established by the implementing acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(1), point (c). The handover document shall also include provisions on intellectual property rights or usage rights relating to the e-CODEX system and the supporting software products, documentation and other assets listed in the Annex, enabling eu-LISA to carry out its responsibilities in accordance with Article 7.

2. Within the six-month period following the delivery of the handover document referred to in paragraph 1, a handover and takeover process shall take place between the entity managing the e-CODEX system and eu-LISA. Until the handover, the entity managing the e-CODEX system shall retain full responsibility for it and shall ensure that no changes to the e-CODEX system are made and that no new software release is delivered other than for the purpose of carrying out corrective maintenance of the e-CODEX system.

3. The Commission shall monitor the handover and takeover process in order to ensure that the detailed arrangements for the transfer of the e-CODEX system are correctly implemented by the entity managing the e-CODEX system and by eu-LISA, on the basis of the criteria referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission shall update the European Parliament and the Council by 31 July 2023 on the handover and takeover process.

4. eu-LISA shall take over responsibility for the e-CODEX system on the date on which the Commission declares the successful completion of the handover and takeover process, between 1 July 2023 and 31 December 2023, after consulting the entity managing the e-CODEX system and eu-LISA.