Eurodac Regulation – Page 13 – EU Migration Pact information

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 22 – Collection and transmission of biometric data

1. Each Member State shall promptly take, in accordance with Article 13(2), the biometric data of every third-country national or stateless person of at least six years of age who is apprehended by the competent control authorities in connection with the irregular crossing by land, sea or air of the border of that Member State, […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 38 – Carrying out comparisons and transmitting results

1. Member States shall ensure the transmission of biometric data of an appropriate quality for the purposes of comparison by means of the computerised fingerprint and facial recognition system. As far as is necessary to ensure that the results of the comparison by Eurodac reach a very high level of accuracy, shall establish the appropriate […]

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

is amended as follows: (1) in Article 4, point (20) is replaced by the following: ‘(20) “designated authorities” means the Member States’ designated authorities within the meaning of Article 5 of of the European Parliament and of the Council (*), Article 3(1), point (26), of of the European Parliament and the Council (**), Article 4, […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 10

However, in view of the fact that a platform has already been set up by the Commission, in cooperation with the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), established by Regulation”]Regulation (EU) 2018/1726[/su_tooltip] of the European Parliament and of the Council (14), […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 26

As members of the European Border and Coast Guard Teams and experts of the asylum support teams referred to in Regulations and , respectively, may, upon request of the host Member State, take and transmit biometric data, adequate technological solutions should be developed to ensure that efficient and effective assistance is provided to the host […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 42

The fact that the application for international protection follows or is made simultaneously with the disembarkation following a search and rescue operation of the third-country national or stateless person does not exempt Member States from registering those persons as persons disembarked following a search and rescue operation.

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 58

For the purpose of applying Regulations and , the biometric data of third-country nationals or stateless persons granted international protection or humanitarian status under national law in accordance with should be stored in Eurodac for five years from the date on which they were taken. Such a period should be sufficient given the fact that […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 74

In addition, access should be allowed on condition that a prior search in the national biometric databases of the Member State and in the automated fingerprinting identification systems of all other Member States under Council Decision 2008/615/JHA (29) has been conducted, unless the consultation of in accordance with Article 22(2) of indicates that the data […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 90

It is appropriate to monitor and evaluate the performance of Eurodac at regular intervals, including in terms of whether the access for law enforcement purposes has led to indirect discrimination against applicants for international protection, as raised in the Commission’s evaluation of the compliance of this Regulation with . should submit an annual report on […]

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

1. For law enforcement purposes, Europol shall designate one or more of its operating units as the ‘Europol designated authority’. The Europol designated authority shall be authorised to request comparisons with Eurodac data through the Europol Access Point in order to support and strengthen action by Member States in preventing, detecting or investigating terrorist offences […]