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Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 is amended as follows:

(1) Article 12 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 12 Data quality 1. Without prejudice to Member States' responsibilities with regard to the data entered into the systems under the Agency's operational responsibility, the Agency, closely involving its Advisory Groups, shall establish for all systems under the Agency's operational responsibility automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures, common data quality indicators and the minimum quality standards to store data, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the legal instruments governing those information systems and of Article 37 of Regulations (EU) 2019/817 () and (EU) 2019/818 () of the European Parliament and of the Council.

2. The Agency shall establish a central repository containing only anonymised data for reporting and statistics in accordance with Article 39 of Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818, subject to specific provisions in the legal instruments governing the development, establishment, operation and use of large-scale IT systems managed by the Agency.

(2) in Article 19, paragraph 1 is amended as follows:

(a) the following point is inserted: ‘(eea) adopt reports on the state of play of the development of the interoperability components pursuant to Article 78(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 74(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/818;’;

(b) point (ff) is replaced by the following: ‘(ff) adopt reports on the technical functioning of SIS pursuant to Article 60(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and Article 74(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council (), of the VIS pursuant to Article 50(3) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Article 17(3) of Decision 2008/633/JHA, of EES pursuant to Article 72(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, of ETIAS pursuant to Article 92(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, of ECRIS-TCN and of the ECRIS reference implementation pursuant to Article 36(8) of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council () and of the interoperability components pursuant to Article 78(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 74(3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/818;

(c) point (hh) is replaced by the following: ‘(hh) adopt formal comments on the European Data Protection Supervisor's reports on its audits pursuant to Article 56(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861, Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Article 31(2) of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, Article 56(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 and Article 52 of Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 and ensure appropriate follow up of those audits;’;

(d) point (mm) is replaced by the following: ‘(mm) ensure annual publication of the list of competent authorities authorised to search directly the data contained in SIS pursuant to Article 41(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 and Article 56(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862, together with the list of Offices of the national systems of SIS (N.SIS) and SIRENE Bureaux pursuant to Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 respectively as well as the list of competent authorities pursuant to Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, the list of competent authorities pursuant to Article 87(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the list of central authorities pursuant to Article 34(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 and the list of authorities pursuant to Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 67(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/818;’;

(3) in Article 22, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Europol and Eurojust may attend the meetings of the Management Board as observers when a question concerning SIS II, in relation to the application of Decision 2007/533/JHA is on the agenda. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency may attend the meetings of the Management Board as an observer when a question concerning SIS in relation to the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 is on the agenda. Europol may attend the meetings of the Management Board as an observer when a question concerning VIS, in relation to the application of Decision 2008/633/JHA or a question concerning Eurodac, in relation to the application of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 is on the agenda. Europol may attend the meetings of the Management Board as an observer when a question concerning EES in relation to the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 is on the agenda or when a question concerning ETIAS in relation to Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 is on the agenda. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency may attend the meetings of the Management Board as an observer when a question concerning ETIAS in relation with the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 is on the agenda. Eurojust, Europol and the European Public Prosecutor's Office may attend the meetings of the Management Board as observers when a question concerning Regulation (EU) 2019/816 is on the agenda. Europol, Eurojust and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency may attend the meetings of the Management Board as observers when a question concerning Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 is on the agenda. The Management Board may invite any other person whose opinion may be of interest to attend its meetings as an observer.’;

(4) in Article 24(3), point (p) is replaced by the following: ‘(p) without prejudice to Article 17 of the Staff Regulations of Officials, establishing confidentiality requirements in order to comply with Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006, Article 17 of Decision 2007/533/JHA, Article 26(9) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, Article 37(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Article 74(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, Article 11(16) of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 and Article 55(2) of Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818;’;

(5) Article 27 is amended as follows:

(a) in paragraph 1, the following point is inserted: ‘(db) Interoperability Advisory Group;’;

(b) paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: ‘3. Europol, Eurojust and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency may each appoint a representative to the SIS II Advisory Group. Europol may also appoint a representative to the VIS and Eurodac and EES-ETIAS Advisory Groups. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency may also appoint a representative to the EES-ETIAS Advisory Group. Eurojust, Europol, and the European Public Prosecutors Office may each appoint a representative to the ECRIS-TCN Advisory Group. Europol, Eurojust and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency may each appoint a representative to the Interoperability Advisory Group.’.