Biometric data – EU Migration Pact information

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 52

Member States should inform all persons required by this Regulation to give biometric data of their obligation to do so. Member States should also explain to those persons that it is in their interests to fully and immediately cooperate with the procedure by providing their biometric data. Where a Member State’s national law lays down […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 20 – Collection and transmission of biometric data

1. Each Member State shall take the biometric data of every person of at least six years of age who has been admitted in accordance with a national resettlement scheme and transmit such data to Eurodac, together with the data referred to in Article 21(1), points (c) to (o), as soon as it grants that […]

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

1. For the purposes laid down in Article 1(1), points (a), (b), (c) and (j), of this Regulation, the data subject’s rights of access to, rectification, completion, erasure and restriction of the processing of personal data shall be exercised in accordance with Chapter III of and applied as set out in this Article. 2. The […]

Screening Regulation:
Article 5 – Screening at the external border

1. The screening provided for under this Regulation shall apply to all third-country nationals, regardless of whether they have made an application for international protection, who do not fulfil the entry conditions set out in Article 6 of and who: (a) are apprehended in connection with an unauthorised crossing of the external border of a […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 4

In order to apply effectively and to detect any secondary movements within the Union, it is also necessary to allow each Member State to check whether a third-country national or a stateless person who is found to be illegally staying on its territory or who applies for international protection has been granted international protection or […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 55

Third-country nationals or stateless persons who have requested international protection in one Member State might try to request international protection in another Member State for many years to come. The maximum period during which the biometric data of third-country nationals or stateless persons who have requested international protection can be kept in Eurodac should be […]

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 57 – Reports, monitoring and evaluation

1. shall submit to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to the European Data Protection Supervisor an annual report on the activities of Eurodac, including on its technical functioning and security. The annual report shall include information on the management and performance of Eurodac against pre-defined quantitative indicators for the objectives […]

Screening Regulation:
Article 8 – Requirements concerning the screening

1. In the cases referred to in Article 5, the screening shall be conducted at any adequate and appropriate location designated by each Member State, generally situated at or in proximity to the external borders or, alternatively, in other locations within its territory. 2. In the cases referred to in Article 7, the screening shall […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 9

Council (11) provides for a system of temporary protection which was activated for the first time by means of Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 (12) in response to the war in Ukraine. Pursuant to that system of temporary protection, Member States are to register persons enjoying temporary protection on their territory. Member States are also […]