Chapter 2, Article 7 · Regulation (EU) 2022/850

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Article 7Responsibilities of eu-LISA#

1.eu-LISA shall be responsible for the components of the e-CODEX system referred to in Article 5, with the exception of the gateway, and, in particular, for the following tasks:

(a)developing, maintaining, fixing bugs in and updating, including as regards security, software products and other assets and distributing them to the entities operating authorised e-CODEX access points;

(b)preparing, maintaining and updating the documentation relating to the components of the e-CODEX system, its supporting software products and other assets, and distributing that documentation to the entities operating authorised e-CODEX access points;

(c)developing, maintaining and updating a configuration file containing an exhaustive list of authorised e-CODEX access points, including the digital procedural standards which each of those authorised e-CODEX access points applies, and distributing it to the entities operating authorised e-CODEX access points;

(d)making technical changes and adding new features, published as new software versions, to the e-CODEX system in order to respond to emerging requirements, such as those resulting from the implementing acts referred to in Article 6(2), or where requested by the e-CODEX Advisory Group;

(e)supporting and coordinating testing activities, including connectivity, involving the authorised e-CODEX access points;

(f)providing technical support for the e-CODEX correspondents in relation to the e-CODEX system;

(g)developing, deploying, maintaining and updating the digital procedural standards and distributing them to the entities operating authorised e-CODEX access points;

(h)publishing on its website a list of the authorised e-CODEX access points which have been notified to it and the digital procedural standards which each of those authorised e-CODEX access points applies;

(i)responding to requests for technical advice and support from the Commission services in the context of the preparation of the implementing acts referred to in Article 6(2);

(j)evaluating the need for, and assessing and preparing, new digital procedural standards, including by organising and facilitating workshops with the e-CODEX correspondents;

(k)developing, maintaining and updating the EU e-Justice Core Vocabulary on which the digital procedural standards are based;

(l)developing and distributing security operating standards, as provided for in Article 11;

(m)providing training, including to all relevant stakeholders, on the technical use of the e-CODEX system in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1726, including providing online training materials.

2.eu-LISA shall be responsible for the following additional tasks:

(a)providing, operating and maintaining the hardware and software IT infrastructure in its technical sites necessary for carrying out its tasks;

(b)providing, operating and maintaining a central testing platform, while ensuring the integrity and availability of the rest of the e-CODEX system;

(c)informing the general public about the e-CODEX system by means of a set of large-scale communication channels, including websites or social media platforms;

(d)preparing, updating and distributing online non-technical information relating to the e-CODEX system and the activities it carries out.

3.For the purposes of point (f) of paragraph 1, eu-LISA shall make resources available on an on-call basis during business hours to provide e-CODEX correspondents with a single point of contact for technical support, including for the gateway.

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authorised e-CODEX access point
means an e-CODEX access point which has been authorised by the Commission or a Member State and notified to eu-LISA in accordance with Article 6(4) or Article 8(1) and which applies at least one digital procedural standard;
business process model
means a graphical and textual representation of a conceptual model of several related, structured activities or tasks, along with the relevant data models, and the sequence in which the activities or tasks have to be performed in order to achieve a standardised and meaningful interaction between two or more parties;
central testing platform
means a component of the e-CODEX system, used exclusively for testing, which provides a set of functions which can be used by entities operating authorised e-CODEX access points to verify whether their authorised e-CODEX access points are correctly operating and whether the digital procedural standards in the connected systems associated with those authorised e-CODEX access points are correctly being used;
connected system
means an IT system which is connected to an e-CODEX access point for the purpose of exchanging data with other such IT systems;
digital procedural standard
means the technical specifications for business process models and data schemas which set out the electronic structure of the data exchanged through the e-CODEX system based on the EU e-Justice Core Vocabulary.
e-CODEX access point
means the software packages installed on hardware infrastructure which are able to transmit information to and receive information from other e-CODEX access points in a secure and reliable manner;
e-CODEX correspondent
means a natural person, designated by a Member State or the Commission, who can request and receive technical support as referred to in Article 7(1), point (f), from eu-LISA concerning all the components of the e-CODEX system in accordance with Article 7(3);
e-CODEX system
(e-Justice Communication via Online Data Exchange system) means a decentralised and interoperable system for cross-border communication for the purpose of facilitating the electronic exchange of data, which includes any content transmissible in electronic form, in a swift, secure and reliable manner in the area of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters;
entity operating an authorised e-CODEX access point
means a national public authority or legal person authorised under national law or a Union institution, body, office or agency which operates an authorised e-CODEX access point;