CHAPTER IIFUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN BORDER AND COAST GUARD
SECTION 3 EUROSUR
Article 20EUROSUR components
1.
Member States and the Agency shall use EUROSUR for the exchange of information and for the cooperation in the field of border control, taking into account existing information exchange and cooperation mechanisms. EUROSUR shall consist of the following components:
(a)
national coordination centres as referred to in Article 21;
(b)
national situational pictures as referred to in Article 25;
(c)
a European situational picture as referred to in Article 26, including information on external border sections with corresponding impact levels;
(d)
specific situational pictures as referred to in Article 27;
(e)
EUROSUR fusion services as referred to in Article 28;
(f)
integrated planning as referred to in Article 9.
2.
The national coordination centres shall provide the Agency, via the communication network referred to in Article 14 and relevant systems, with information from their national situational pictures and, as appropriate, from specific situational pictures, which is required for the establishment and maintenance of the European situational picture.
3.
The Agency shall give the national coordination centres, via the communication network, unlimited access twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to specific situational pictures and to the European situational picture.