1. shall be responsible for the operational management of Eurodac.
The operational management of Eurodac shall consist of all the tasks necessary to keep Eurodac functioning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in accordance with this Regulation, in particular the maintenance work and technical developments necessary to ensure that the system functions at a satisfactory level of operational quality, in particular as regards the time required to query Eurodac. shall develop a business continuity plan and system, taking into account maintenance needs and unforeseen downtime of Eurodac, including the impact of business continuity measures on data protection and security.
shall ensure, in cooperation with the Member States, that the best available and most secure technology and techniques, subject to a cost-benefit analysis, are used for Eurodac.2. may use real personal data from the Eurodac production system for testing purposes, in accordance with , in the following cases:
(a) for diagnostics and repair when faults are discovered in Eurodac; or
(b) for testing new technologies and techniques relevant to enhancing the performance of Eurodac or the transmission of data to it.
In the cases referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, the security measures, access control and logging activities at the testing environment shall be equal to the ones for the Eurodac production system. Processing of real personal data adapted for testing shall be subject to stringent conditions and rendered anonymous in such a way that the data subject is no longer identifiable. Once the purpose for which the testing was carried out has been achieved or the tests have been completed, the real personal data shall be immediately and permanently erased from the testing environment.
3. shall be responsible for the following tasks relating to the Communication Infrastructure:
(a) supervision;
(b) security;
(c) the coordination of relations between the Member States and the provider.
4. The Commission shall be responsible for all tasks relating to the Communication Infrastructure, other than those referred to in paragraph 3, in particular:
(a) implementation of the budget;
(b) acquisition and renewal;
(c) contractual matters.
5. Without prejudice to Article 17 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Union, laid down in Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council (35), shall apply appropriate rules of professional secrecy or other equivalent duties of confidentiality to all its staff required to work with Eurodac data. This paragraph shall also apply after such staff leave office or employment or after the termination of their duties.
35. Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council of 29 February 1968 laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities and instituting special measures temporarily applicable to officials of the Commission ( OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1). ↩︎
Correlation table
| Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 | This Regulation |
| Article 4(1) | Article 4(1) |
| Article 4(2) | Article 4(3) |
| Article 4(3) | Article 4(4) |
| — | Article 4(2) |
| Article 4(4) | Article 4(5) |