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Third-country nationals subjected to the screening should be subject to a preliminary health check by qualified medical personnel with a view to identifying any needs for health care or isolation on public health grounds. Qualified medical personnel should be able to decide, based on the medical circumstances concerning the general state of each individual third-country […]
Since access to the , , and is necessary for the screening authorities in order to verify whether the person might pose a threat to internal security, Regulations , , and should be amended to provide for that access right, which is currently not provided by those Regulations. In the case of , such amendment […]
This Regulation establishes: (a) the screening at the external borders of the Member States of third-country nationals who, without fulfilling the entry conditions set out in Article 6 of , have crossed the external border in an unauthorised manner, have applied for international protection during border checks, or have been disembarked after a search and […]
1. The screening authorities shall, with regard to the persons referred to in Articles 5 and 7, complete a form containing the following: (a) name, date and place of birth and gender; (b) indication of nationalities or statelessness, countries of residence prior to arrival and languages spoken; (c) the reason for which the screening was […]
Border guards are often faced with third-country nationals who are requesting international protection without travel documents, both following apprehension during border surveillance and during checks at the border crossing points. Moreover, at some border sections border guards are faced with large numbers of arrivals at the same time. In such circumstances, it is particularly difficult […]
Without prejudice to the rules on border control applicable at the internal borders of the Member States where a decision to lift such controls has not yet been taken, the screening of third country nationals apprehended in connection with an unauthorised crossing of such internal borders where the controls have not yet been lifted should […]
A preliminary vulnerability check should be carried out with a view to identifying persons with indications of being vulnerable, of being victims of torture or other inhuman or degrading treatment, or of being stateless, or who may have special reception or procedural needs within the meaning of and , respectively. This should be without prejudice […]
The European search portal established by (ESP) should be used to carry out the searches against the for identification or verification of identity.
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘threat to public health’ means ‘threat to public health’ as defined in Article 2, point (21), of ; (2) ‘verification’ means ‘verification’ as defined in Article 4, point (5), of ; (3) ‘identification’ means ‘identification’ as defined in Article 4, point (6), of ; […]
1. Once the screening is completed or, at the latest, when the time limits set in Article 8 of this Regulation expire, third-country nationals referred to in Article 5(1) of this Regulation who have not made an application for international protection shall be referred to the authorities competent for applying procedures respecting , without prejudice […]
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