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Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third-country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 78(2), points (c), (d), (e) and (g), Article 79(2), point (c), Article 87(2), point (a), and Article 88(2), point (a), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Having regard to the opinions of the European Economic and Social Committee1,

Having regard to the opinions of the Committee of the Regions2,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure3,

Whereas:

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I — General provisions

Article 1 – Purpose of ‘Eurodac’

Article 2 – Definitions

Article 3 – System architecture and basic principles

Article 4 – Operational management

Article 5 – Member States’ designated authorities for law enforcement purposes

Article 6 – Member States’ verifying authorities for law enforcement purposes

Article 7 – Europol designated authority and Europol verifying authority for law enforcement purposes

Article 8 – Interoperability with ETIAS

Article 9 – Conditions for access to Eurodac for the manual processing by ETIAS National Units

Article 10 – Access to Eurodac by the competent visa authorities

Article 11 – Interoperability with VIS

Article 12 – Statistics

Article 13 – Obligation to take biometric data

Article 14 – Special provisions relating to minors


CHAPTER II — Applicants for international protection

Article 15 – Collection and transmission of biometric data

Article 16 – Information on the status of the data subject

Article 17 – Recording of data


CHAPTER III — Persons registered for the purpose of conducting an admission procedure and persons admitted in accordance with a national resettlement scheme

SECTION 1: Persons registered for the purpose of conducting an admission Procedure under the union resettlement and humanitarian admission framework

Article 18 – Collection and transmission of biometric data

Article 19 – Recording of data


SECTION 2: Persons admitted in accordance with a national resettlement scheme

Article 20 – Collection and transmission of biometric data

Article 21 – Recording of data


CHAPTER IV — Third-country nationals or stateless persons apprehended in connection with the irregular crossing of an external border

Article 22 – Collection and transmission of biometric data


CHAPTER V — Third-country nationals or stateless persons illegally staying in a Member State

Article 23 – Collection and transmission of biometric data


CHAPTER VI — Third-country nationals or stateless persons disembarked following a search and rescue operation

Article 24 – Collection and transmission of biometric data


CHAPTER VII — Information on Relocation

Article 25 – Information on the status of relocation of the data subject


CHAPTER VIII — Beneficiaries of temporary protection

Article 26 – Collection and transmission of biometric data


CHAPTER IX — Procedure for comparison of data for applicants for international protection, third-country nationals and stateless persons apprehended crossing the border irregularly or illegally staying in the territory of a Member State, third-country nationals and stateless persons registered for the purpose of conducting an admission procedure and admitted in accordance with a national resettlement scheme, third-country nationals and stateless persons disembarked following a search and rescue operation and beneficiaries of temporary protection

Article 27 – Comparison of biometric data

Article 28 – Comparison of facial image data


CHAPTER X — Data storage, advanced data erasure and marking of data

Article 29 – Data storage

Article 30 – Advanced data erasure

Article 31 – Marking of data


CHAPTER XI — Procedure for comparison and data transmission for law enforcement purposes

Article 32 – Procedure for comparison of biometric or alphanumeric data with Eurodac data

Article 33 – Conditions for access to Eurodac by designated authorities

Article 34 – Conditions for access to Eurodac by Europol

Article 35 – Communication between the designated authorities, the verifying authorities, the National Access Points and the Europol Access Point


CHAPTER XII — Data processing, data protection and liability

Article 36 – Responsibility for data processing

Article 37 – Transmission

Article 38 – Carrying out comparisons and transmitting results

Article 39 – Communication between Member States and Eurodac

Article 40 – Access to, and rectification or erasure of, data recorded in Eurodac

Article 41 – Keeping of records

Article 42 – Rights of information

Article 43 – Right of access to, rectification, completion, erasure and restriction of the processing of personal data

Article 44 – Supervision by the national supervisory authorities

Article 45 – Supervision by the European Data Protection Supervisor

Article 46 – Cooperation between national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor

Article 47 – Protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes

Article 48 – Data security

Article 49 – Prohibition of transfers of data to third countries, international organisations or private entities

Article 50 – Transfer of data to third countries for the purpose of return

Article 51 – Logging and documentation

Article 52 – Liability


CHAPTER XIII — Amendments to Regulations (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/818

Article 53 – Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1240

Article 54 – Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/818


CHAPTER XIV — Final provisions

Article 55 – Costs

Article 56 – Committee procedure

Article 57 – Reports, monitoring and evaluation

Article 58 – Assessment

Article 59 – Penalties

Article 60 – Territorial scope

Article 61 – Notification of designated authorities and verifying authorities

Article 62 – Repeal

Article 63 – Entry into force and applicability


This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2024.


  1. OJ C 34, 2.2.2017, p. 144 and OJ C 155, 30.4.2021, p. 64. ↩︎
  2. OJ C 185, 9.6.2017, p. 91 and OJ C 175, 7.5.2021, p. 32. ↩︎
  3. Position of the European Parliament of 10 April 2024 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 14 May 2024. ↩︎

ANNEX I

ANNEX II

Keywords

Absconding Accelerated Examination Procedure Adequate capacity Annual Solidarity Pool Asylum Border Procedure Beneficiary of temporary protection Best Interests of the Child Biometric data Common Identity Repository (CIR) Crisis/Force Majeure Detention Determining authority Effective Remedy Eurodac Facial image data Family members Fingerprint data Hit Humanitarian admission Identification Identity data Illegal stay Mandatory Solidarity Member State Responsible Migratory pressure Minor Non-Refoulement Refugee status Relocation Remain in the Member State Representative Resettlement Return Border Procedure Safe Country of Origin Safe Third Country Search and rescue operation Secondary Movement Special procedural guarantees Special reception needs Stateless person Subsequent application Subsidiary protection status Transfer Unaccompanied minor Visa

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