
Article 1 
Further to Council Decision 2000/365/EC, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shall take part in the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice to the extent that it relates to the operational management of the Visa Information System (VIS) and the parts of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), in which the United Kingdom does not participate.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 14 December 2010.
For the Council
The President
S. VANACKERE