In the paper we give a characterization of a w * -continuous orthogonal vector field F over an W * -algebra N of type I 2 in terms of reductions F on the center of N . As an application it is obtained a proof of the assertion that an arbitrary w * -continuous orthogonal vector field over a W * -algebra of type I 2 is stationary.1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 46L10, 46L51.