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title: "e-Evidence Regulation Article 23: Costs of the decentralised IT system"
url: "https://www.engagecompliance.co/law/e-evidence-orders/article-23"
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# e-Evidence Regulation Article 23: Costs of the decentralised IT system

_CHAPTER V_

1. Each Member State shall bear the costs of the installation, operation and maintenance of the access points of the decentralised IT system for which that Member State is responsible.

2. Each Member State shall bear the costs of establishing and adjusting its relevant national IT systems to make them interoperable with the access points, and shall bear the costs of administering, operating and maintaining those systems.

3. Union agencies and bodies shall bear the costs of the installation, operation and maintenance of the components comprising the decentralised IT system under their responsibility.

4. Union agencies and bodies shall bear the costs of establishing and adjusting their case-management systems to make them interoperable with the access points, and shall bear the costs of administering, operating and maintaining those systems.

5. Service providers shall bear all costs necessary in order for them to successfully integrate or otherwise interact with the decentralised IT system.

Source text: EUR-Lex, Official Journal HTML (CELEX 32023R1543). Cross-checked against validated against the anchor articles verified in REP-08.