The Ministry of Internal Affairs, through the National SIS Center, is responsible for the implementation, operation, maintenance, and security of the N.SIS, for ensuring the connection of the N.SIS to the central SIS, and the management of the national copy of the central SIS database, as well as for providing Romanian authorities with access to the N.SIS. The National Signal Information System is the IT system compatible with the second generation Schengen Information System and manages national signals, signals of national interest, and signals of Schengen interest. SINS is designed to provide competent national authorities with the possibility, through an automated procedure, to carry out transactions regarding the signals it contains, for the purpose of fulfilling their legal duties. According to national legislation in the Schengen area, the authorities with responsibilities in SIS are: 1. Romanian Police; 2. Romanian Border Police; 3. Romanian Gendarmerie; 4. General Inspectorate for Immigration; 5. General Directorate for Internal Protection; 6. General Directorate for Population Records; 7. General Directorate for Passports; 8. General Directorate for Driver's Licenses and Vehicle Registration and community public services for driver’s license and vehicle registration; 9. Romanian Customs Authority; 10. Ministry of Foreign Affairs; 11. Ministry of Justice and judicial courts; 12. Public Ministry; 13. Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, through the Romanian Naval Authority; 14. Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, through the Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority.*