Visa Information System-Ordinance (VISO)
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Art. 1 Subject matter
This Ordinance regulates: a. responsibility for the National Visa System (ORBIS) and its content; b. the authorities' access rights to ORBIS; c. the authorities' access rights to the Central Visa Information System (C‑VIS); d. the procedure for transmitting C-VIS data via the central access point to the authorities under Articles 17 and 18; e. the processing and the retention period for the data; f. the rights of the persons concerned; g. data security, advice on data protection and the supervision of data processing.
Art. 2 Definitions
In this Ordinance: a. VIS Mail means a communication system that enables data transmission via the C-VIS infrastructure between states in which Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 (EU VIS Regulation) applies; b. third country means a state that is neither a member state of the European Union (EU) nor of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA); c. Schengen state means a state bound by any one of the Schengen Association Agreements; these agreements are listed in Annex 1 number 1; d. Dublin state means a state bound by any one of the Dublin Association Agreements; these agreements are listed in Annex 1 number 2; e. terrorist offence means an offence under Annex 1a of the N-SIS Ordinance of 8 March 2013; f. other serious offence means an offence under Annex 1b of the N-SIS Ordinance.
let. a — Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between member states on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation), OJ L 218 of 13.8.2008, p. 60; last amended by Regulation (EC) No 610/2013, OJ L 182 of 29.6.2013, p. 1. let. e — Inserted by No I of the O of 10 Nov. 2021, in force since 1 May 2022 (AS 2022 735). let. e — SR 362.0 let. f — Inserted by No I of the O of 10 Nov. 2021, in fo