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This factsheet features the most relevant highlights of the VIS 2023-2025 report on the technical functioning of the system and should be considered as a detailed annex to the report itself.

During the reporting period, key developments in VIS were connected to the entry of operation of new biometrics matching service (sBMS) and the Entry/Exit System (EES). VIS is currently undergoing vast developments, connected to the interoperability programme of the EU large-scale information systems and the revision of VIS. Two additional Member States – Bulgaria and Romania – gained full access

Article 40(2) of Regulation (EU) No 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 14 May 2024 requires Member States to send to the Commission and eu-LISA a list of designated authorities accessing to, and rectifying or erasing of, data recorded in Eurodac for the purposes laid down in Article 1(1) points (a), (b), (c) and (j) of

This factsheet presents the key figures and highlights from eu-LISA’s training activities for Member States in 2025. It provides an overview of the training formats delivered, participation and satisfaction levels, cooperation with partners, and the development and use of eu-LISA’s online Learning Management System (LMS).

As part of its core activities, eu-LISA is responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating training activities on the technical use of the large-scale IT systems it operates for IT experts and other law enforcement officials in the Member States that manage the IT systems, and the JHA EU Agencies using them.

Eurodac is the centralised European database that stores and processes the digitalised fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants who have entered a European country. This helps determine the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application. This factsheet is a summary of the full report also published on this website.