Eurodac Regulation – Page 4 – EU Migration Pact information

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 61 – Notification of designated authorities and verifying authorities

1. By 12 September 2024, each Member State shall notify the Commission of its designated authorities, of the operating units referred to in Article 5(3) and of its verifying authority and shall notify it without delay of any amendment thereto. 2. By 12 September 2024, Europol shall notify the Commission of its designated authority and […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 1

A common policy on asylum, including a Common European Asylum System, is a constituent part of the Union’s objective of progressively establishing an area of freedom, security and justice open to those who, forced by circumstances, seek international protection in the Union.

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 17

It is therefore necessary to set up a system known as ‘Eurodac’, consisting of a Central System and the Common Identity Repository (CIR) established by , which will operate a computerised central database of biometric data, alphanumeric data and, where available, a scanned colour copy of an identity or travel document, as well as the […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 33

Since Eurodac was originally established to facilitate the application of the Dublin Convention (26), access to Eurodac for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences constitutes a further development to the original purpose of Eurodac. In line with Article 52(1) of , any limitation on the exercise of […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 49

Member States should 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. All authorities with a right of access to Eurodac should invest in adequate training and in the necessary technological equipment. The authorities with a right of access […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 65

The storage period should be shorter in certain special situations where there is no need to keep biometric data or any other personal data for that length of time. Biometric data and all other personal data belonging to third-country nationals or stateless persons should be erased immediately and permanently once third-country nationals or stateless persons […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 81

A person’s right to privacy and to data protection should be safeguarded in accordance with this Regulation at all times, both with regard to access by the Member States’ authorities and by the Union’s authorised agencies to Eurodac.

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 97

It is appropriate to restrict the territorial scope of this Regulation so as to align it to the territorial scope of , with the exception of the provisions related to data collected to assist with the application of under the conditions set out in this Regulation,

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 14 – Special provisions relating to minors

1. The biometric data of minors from the age of six shall be taken by officials trained specifically to take a minor’s biometric data in a child-friendly and child-sensitive manner and in full respect of the best interests of the child and the safeguards laid down in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 30 – Advanced data erasure

1. Data relating to a person who has acquired the citizenship of a Member State of origin before the expiry of the period referred to in Article 29(1), (3), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9) shall be erased from Eurodac without delay by that Member State in accordance with Article 40(3). Data relating to a […]