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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]
Requests for comparison with data stored in Eurodac should be made by the operating units within the designated authorities to the National Access Point, through the verifying authority, and should be reasoned. The operating units within the designated authorities that are authorised to request comparisons with Eurodac data should not act as a verifying authority. […]
1. For law enforcement purposes, designated authorities may submit a reasoned electronic request for the comparison of biometric or alphanumeric data with the data stored in Eurodac within the scope of their powers only where all of the following conditions have been met: (a) a prior check has been conducted in: (i) national databases; and […]
Any personal data of persons granted international protection or a national humanitarian status in accordance with this Regulation should be stored for five years from the date of registration at national level. That five-year period should be considered to be sufficient for the purposes of the admission procedure, given that the majority of such persons […]
It is also necessary that Member States promptly take and transmit the biometric data of every applicant for international protection, of every person for whom Member States intend to conduct an admission procedure in accordance with , of every third-country national or stateless person who is apprehended in connection with the irregular crossing of an […]
Since the objective of this Regulation, namely the creation of a system for the comparison of biometric data to assist the implementation of Union asylum and migration policy, cannot, by its very nature, be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in […]
1. For law enforcement purposes, the Europol designated authority may submit a reasoned electronic request for the comparison of biometric or alphanumeric data with the data stored in Eurodac within the limits of Europol’s mandate and where necessary for the performance of Europol’s tasks only where all of the following conditions have been met: (a) […]
The biometric data taken during the screening should, together with the data referred to in the provisions on the collection and transmission of biometric data of applicants for international protection, of third-country nationals or stateless persons apprehended in connection with the irregular crossing of an external border, of third-country nationals or stateless persons illegally staying […]
The obligation to take the biometric data of illegally staying third-country nationals or stateless persons of at least six years of age does not affect Member States’ right to extend a third-country national or stateless person’s stay on their territory pursuant to Article 20(2) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement (27). 27. Convention implementing […]
1. For the purposes of this Regulation: (a) ‘applicant for international protection’ means a third-country national or a stateless person who has made an application for international protection as defined in Article 3, point (7), of in respect of which a final decision has not yet been taken; (b) ‘person registered for the purpose of […]
1. Without prejudice to Article 39, all communication between the designated authorities, the verifying authorities, the National Access Points and the Europol Access Point shall be secure and take place electronically. 2. For law enforcement purposes, searches with biometric or alphanumeric data shall be digitally processed by the Member States and Europol and transmitted in […]
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