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1. From the start of operations of the EES, as provided for in Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, interoperability between the EES and the VIS shall be established to ensure greater efficiency and rapidity of border checks. To that end, eu-LISA shall establish a Secure Communication Channel between the central system of the EES and the central VIS. Direct consultation between the EES and the VIS shall only be possible if both this Regulation and Regulation 2017/2226 so provide. Retrieval of visa-related data from the VIS, their exportation into the EES and the updating of data from the VIS in the EES shall be an automated process once the operation in question is launched by the authority concerned.

2. Interoperability shall enable the visa authorities using the VIS to consult the EES from the VIS:

(a) when examining and deciding on visa applications as referred to in Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Article 15(4) of this Regulation;

(b) in order to retrieve and export the visa-related data directly from the VIS into the EES in the event that a visa is annulled, revoked or extended in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Articles 13 and 14 of this Regulation.

3. Interoperability shall enable the border authorities using the EES to consult the VIS from the EES in order to:

(a) retrieve the visa-related data directly from the VIS and import them into the EES so that an entry/exit record or refusal of entry record of a visa holder may be created or updated in the EES in accordance with Articles 14, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Article 18a of this Regulation;

(b) retrieve the visa-related data directly from the VIS and import them into the EES in the event that a visa is annulled, revoked or extended in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Articles 13 and 14 of this Regulation;

(c) verify the authenticity and validity of the visa, whether the conditions for entry to the territory of the Member States in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council () are fulfilled, or both, as referred to in Article 18(2) of this Regulation;

(d) check whether visa-exempt third-country nationals for whom an individual file is not recorded in the EES were previously registered in the VIS in accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Article 19a of this Regulation;

(e) verify, where the identity of a visa holder is verified using fingerprints, the identity of a visa holder with fingerprints against the VIS in accordance with Articles 23(2) and 23(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Article 18(6) of this Regulation.

4. For the operation of the EES web service referred to in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, the VIS shall update on a daily basis the separate read-only database referred to in Article 13(5) of that Regulation via a one-way extraction of the minimum necessary subset of VIS data.

5. In accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, the Commission shall adopt the measures necessary for the establishment and the high level design of the interoperability. In order to establish interoperability with the EES, the Management Authority shall develop the required evolutions and adaptations of the central VIS, the national interface in each Member State, and the communication infrastructure between the central VIS and the national interfaces. The Member States shall adapt and develop the national infrastructures.