
Article 1 
The Visa Information System shall start operations in the third region determined by Decision 2010/49/EC on 2 October 2012.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 
This Decision shall apply in accordance with the Treaties.
Done at Brussels, 21 September 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO