Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1462 of 2 September 2022 on the requirements for the means of audio and video communication for the interview pursuant to Article 27(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Requirements for the means of audio and video communication, including as regards data protection, security and confidentiality to interview an applicant pursuant to Article 27(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 are set out in this Decision and in the Annex.

1 The European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) shall analyse descriptions of tools for audio and video communication available on the market, compare them to the requirements set out in the Annex and pre-select tools for audio and video communication whose descriptions meet the requirements.

2 eu-LISA shall, in cooperation with the national authorities, test the pre-selected tools for audio and video communication. The tests shall, as far as possible, take into consideration the requirements set out in the Annex.

3 eu-LISA shall analyse the results of the tests and provide to Member States a list of suitable tools which are recommended.

4 At the request of the Commission, eu-LISA shall reanalyse the description of tools available on the market, compare these with the requirements set out in the Annex and, where needed, test pre-selected tools for the purpose of recommending to Member States an updated list of suitable tools.

1 The ETIAS National Units shall use: (a) a tool selected from the list of suitable tools referred to in Article 2(3); (b) any other tool that meets the requirements set out in the Annex. Member States shall be responsible for the analysis whether the tools referred to in the first subparagraph, point (b), meet the requirements of the Annex and for their testing.

2 The ETIAS National Units shall be responsible for the monitoring of the operation of the tools and for ensuring that the tools meet the requirements set out in the Annex to this Decision and comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.