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Biometric data as defined in Article 2, point (s), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1358. [defined in Article 2 of the Procedures Regulation]
The travel documents issued to beneficiaries of international protection for the first time or renewed following the entry into force of this Regulation should comply with Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 (12) or with equivalent minimum standards for security features and biometrics. 12. Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for […]
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 […]
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 […]
1. For the purposes laid down in Article 1(1), point (a), the Member State of origin which granted international protection to a person whose data were previously recorded in Eurodac pursuant to Article 17 shall mark the relevant data in accordance with the requirements for electronic communication with Eurodac established by . That mark shall […]
1. Unless compelling reasons of national security or public policy related to a beneficiary of refugee status require otherwise, competent authorities shall issue travel documents in the form set out in the Schedule to the Geneva Convention and which comply with the minimum standards for security features and biometrics outlined in Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 […]
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 […]
It is appropriate to store data relating to those data subjects whose biometric data were recorded in Eurodac upon making or registering their applications for international protection and who have been granted international protection in a Member State in order to make it possible for data recorded upon registering or making another application for international […]
1. For law enforcement purposes, the Member States’ designated authorities and the Europol designated authority may submit a reasoned electronic request as provided for in Article 33(1) and in Article 34(1), together with the reference number used by them, to the verifying authority to be forwarded for a comparison of biometric data or alphanumeric data […]
The possible abuse of the reception system should also be prevented by specifying the circumstances in which material reception conditions can be reduced or withdrawn. Member States should be able to reduce or withdraw the daily expenses allowance or, where duly justified and proportionate, reduce other material reception conditions where certain conditions are met, including […]
This Regulation also lays down the conditions under which requests for the comparison of biometric or alphanumeric data with Eurodac data for the purpose of preventing, detecting, or investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences should be allowed and the necessary safeguards to ensure the protection of the fundamental right to respect for the […]
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