Article 30

By the relevant date of the application of this Regulation referred to in Article 45, second paragraph, eu-LISA’s Management Board shall establish an API-PNR Contact Group.

The API-PNR Contact Group shall enable communication between Member States’ relevant authorities and air carriers on technical matters related to their respective tasks and obligations under this Regulation.

The API-PNR Contact Group shall be composed of representatives of Member States’ relevant authorities and air carriers, the chairperson of the API-PNR Advisory Group and eu-LISA’s experts.

eu-LISA’s Management Board shall establish the rules of procedure of the API-PNR Contact Group, following an opinion of the API-PNR Advisory Group.

Where deemed necessary, eu-LISA’s Management Board may also establish sub-groups of the API-PNR Contact Group to discuss specific technical matters related to the respective tasks and obligations of Member States’ relevant authorities and air carriers under this Regulation.

The API-PNR Contact Group, including its sub-groups, shall have no decision-making power, nor any mandate to represent the eu-LISA’s Management Board or its members.