(13)As regards Cyprus, the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System have been put into effect by Council Decision (EU) 2023/870note. However, the operation of the EES also requires the granting of passive access to the Visa Information System once the verification in accordance with the applicable Schengen evaluation procedure has been successfully completed. The EES should be operated only by a Member State which fulfils this condition at the start of the operation of the EES. Therefore, Cyprus which is not operating the EES from the start of operations should be connected to the EES, in accordance with the procedure set out in Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, as soon as all of the conditions are met,
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