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1. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to lay down the measures necessary for the development of the VIS Central System, the NUIs in each Member State and the communication infrastructure between the VIS Central System and the NUIs concerning the following:

(a) the design of the physical architecture of the VIS Central System including its communication network;

(b) technical aspects which have a bearing on the protection of personal data;

(c) technical aspects which have serious financial implications for the budgets of the Member States or which have serious technical implications for the national systems;

(d) the development of security requirements, including biometric aspects.

2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to lay down measures necessary for the technical implementation of the functionalities of the VIS Central System, in particular:

(a) for entering the data and linking applications in accordance with Article 8, Articles 10 to 14, Article 22a and Articles 22c to 22f;

(b) for accessing the data in accordance with Article 15, Articles 18 to 22, Articles 22g to 22k, Articles 22n to 22r and Articles 45e and 45f;

(c) for rectification, erasure and advance erasure of data in accordance with Articles 23, 24 and 25;

(d) for keeping and accessing the logs in accordance with Article 34;

(e) for the consultation mechanism and the procedures referred to in Article 16;

(f) for accessing the data for the purposes of reporting and statistics in accordance with Article 45a;

(g) for laying down requirements concerning the format of the personal data referred to in Article 7b(3) and 7b(6) to be inserted in the online application form, in accordance with Article 7b, as well as parameters and verifications to be implemented for ensuring the completeness of the application and the coherence of those data;

(h) for laying down the technical requirements concerning the format of supporting documents, travel medical insurance and copy of travel document in digital format to be provided via the EU VAP, in accordance with Articles 7c and 7d;

(i) for laying down the requirements of the secure account service, including the arrangements for access and authentication, the retention period for data stored therein and for uncompleted applications or applications which do not pass the competence and admissibility check, in accordance with Article 7b;

(j) for laying down the requirements concerning the payment tool, including the procedures for reimbursing applicants, in accordance with Article 7e;

(k) for laying down the requirements concerning the appointment tool referred to in Article 7e(2), including the procedure for confirming of appointments, and the link to existing appointment tools or information on walk-in appointments to be configured by the consulates or external service providers, in accordance with Article 7e, as well as the technical arrangements to ensure that any family member of a Union citizen to whom Directive 2004/38/EC applies or of a third-country national enjoying the right to free movement equivalent to that of Union citizens under an agreement between the Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and a third country, on the other, or of UK nationals who are beneficiaries of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement in the host State, as defined in the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, for which the visa application is made can benefit from an accelerated procedure;

(l) for laying down the authentication scheme for external service provider staff members using the external service provider gateway, in accordance with Article 7f;

(m) for laying down technical specifications of the notifications, including details on their format and printable versions, in accordance with Article 7g;

(n) for laying down detailed rules on the conditions for the operation of the web service and the data protection and security rules applicable to the web service, in accordance with Article 7h, including unique identifiers for applicants;

(o) for laying down model contingency plans regarding fall-back procedures for the cases of a technical impossibility to access data at the external borders referred to in Article 18e(1) and (2), including the procedures to be followed by border authorities, in accordance with Article 18e;

(p) for laying down the technical specifications and functionalities of the chatbot hosted by the EU VAP in accordance with Article 7a(6);

(q) for specifying the responsibilities and the relationships between Member States as joint controllers for the processing of the personal data in EU VAP;

(r) for specifying the relationship between the joint controllers and the processor, and the responsibilities of the processor.

3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to lay down the technical specifications for the quality, resolution and use of fingerprints and of the facial image for biometric verification and identification in the VIS.

4. The implementing acts referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 49(2).