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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 Common Identity Repository (CIR) was established by Regulations (18) and (19) of the European Parliament and of the Council to facilitate and assist in the correct identification of persons to facilitate and assist in the correct identification of persons registered in the , the Visa Information System established by Council Decision 2004/512/EC (20) (VIS), […]
The fact that the application for international protection follows or is made simultaneously with the apprehension of the third-country national or stateless person illegally staying on the territory of Member States, does not exempt Member States from registering those persons as persons found to be illegally staying on the territory of the Member States.
1. Member States shall take the biometric data of persons referred to in Article 15(1), Article 18(1) and (2), Article 20(1), Article 22(1), Article 23(1), Article 24(1) and Article 26(1) for the purposes of Article 1(1), points (a), (b), (c) and (j), and shall require those persons to provide their biometric data and inform them […]
1. The Member State of origin shall be responsible for ensuring that: (a) biometric data and the other data referred to in Article 17(1) and (2), Article 19(1), Article 21(1), Article 22(2) and (3), Article 23(2) and (3), Article 24(2) and (3) and Article 26(2) are taken lawfully and are lawfully transmitted to Eurodac; (b) […]
In order to establish the identity or to verify the identity of the person subject to the screening, a verification should be initiated in the in the presence of that person during the screening. During that verification, the biometric data of the person should be checked against the data contained in the . Where the […]
It is necessary to lay down precise rules for the transmission of such biometric data and of other relevant personal data in Eurodac, their storage, their comparison with other biometric data, the transmission of the results of such comparisons and the marking and erasure of the recorded data. Such rules may be different for, and […]
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 […]
1. Biometric data and other personal data shall be digitally processed and transmitted in the data format as set out in the agreed Interface Control Document. As far as necessary for the efficient operation of Eurodac, shall establish the technical requirements concerning the data format to be used for the transmission of data by Member […]
Given that many persons submitted to the screening might not have any travel documents, the screening authorities should have access to any other relevant documents held by the persons concerned in cases where the biometric data of such persons are not usable or yield no result in the . The authorities should also be allowed […]
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 […]
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