CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 7Technical architecture of the EES
1.
The EES shall be composed of:
(a)
a Central System (EES Central System);
F1(aa)
the CIR central infrastructure as referred to in point (a) of Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817;
(b)
a National Uniform Interface (NUI) in each Member State based on common technical specifications and identical for all Member States, enabling the connection of the EES Central System to the national border infrastructures in Member States in a secure manner;
(c)
a Secure Communication Channel between the EES Central System and the VIS Central System;
(d)
a Communication Infrastructure, which shall be secure and encrypted, between the EES Central System and the NUIs;
(e)
the web service referred to in Article 13;
F2(f)
a secure communication infrastructure between the EES Central System and the central infrastructures of the ESP and the CIR.
F11a.
The CIR shall contain the data referred to in points (a) to (d) of Article 16(1), points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 17(1) and Article 18(1) and (2). The remaining EES data shall be stored in the EES Central System.
2.
The EES Central System shall be hosted by eu-LISA in its technical sites. It shall provide the functionalities laid down in this Regulation in accordance with the conditions of availability, quality and speed pursuant to Article 37(3).