Insofar as its provisions relate to SIS II as governed by Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and to VIS, which constitute developments of provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part in accordance with Decision 2000/365/EC, the United Kingdom requested, by letter of 5 October 2010 to the President of the Council, to be authorised to take part in the adoption of this Regulation, in accordance with Article 4 of the Protocol on the Schengen acquis.
Združeno kraljestvo je z dopisom z dne 5. oktobra 2010, naslovljenim na predsednika Sveta, v skladu s členom 4 Protokola o schengenskem pravnem redu zaprosilo za možnost sodelovanja pri sprejetju te uredbe, kolikor njene določbe nadgrajujejo določbe schengenskega pravnega reda, ki se navezujejo na SIS II, kot ga ureja Uredba (ES) št. 1987/2006, ter VIS in pri katerih Združeno kraljestvo v skladu s Sklepom 2000/365/ES ne sodeluje.