Chapter 5, Article 23 · Regulation (EU) 2025/12

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Article 23Competent border authorities’ connections to the router#

1.Member States shall ensure that their competent border authorities are connected to the router. They shall ensure that the competent border authorities’ systems and infrastructure for the reception and further processing of API data transferred pursuant to this Regulation are integrated with the router.Member States shall ensure that the connection to the router and integration with it enables their competent border authorities to receive and further process the API data, as well as to exchange any communications relating thereto, in a lawful, secure, effective and swift manner.

2.The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the necessary detailed rules on the connections to and integration with the router referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, including on requirements for data security. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 43(2).

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air carrier
means an air carrier as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
border checks
means border checks as defined in Article 2, point 11, of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;
border crossing point
means a border crossing point as defined in Article 2, point 8, of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;
competent border authority
means the authority that is empowered by a Member State to carry out border checks and that is designated and notified by that Member State in accordance with Article 14(2);
flights into the Union
means flights flying from the territory either of a third country or of a Member State to which this Regulation does not apply, and planned to land on the territory of a Member State or Member States to which this Regulation applies;
non-scheduled flight
means a flight that does not operate according to a fixed timetable and that is not necessarily part of a regular or scheduled route;
passenger
means any person, excluding on-duty members of the crew, carried or to be carried in an aircraft with the consent of the air carrier, such consent being manifested by that person’s registration in the passenger list;
personal data
means personal data as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
real-time flight traffic data
means information on the inbound and outbound flight traffic of an airport covered by this Regulation.
scheduled flight
means a flight that operates according to a fixed timetable, for which tickets can be purchased by the general public;
the router
means the router referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation and Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13;