Identification – Page 4 – EU Migration Pact information

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 38 – Carrying out comparisons and transmitting results

1. Member States shall 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. As far as is necessary to ensure that the results of the comparison by Eurodac reach a very high level of accuracy, shall establish the appropriate […]

Screening Regulation:
Article 1 – Subject matter

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 […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Recital 85

By way of derogation from the rule that no personal data obtained by a Member State pursuant to this Regulation should be transferred or made available to any third country, it should be possible to transfer such personal data to a third country where such a transfer is subject to strict conditions and is necessary […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 31

The applicant should be informed properly of his or her rights and obligations in a timely manner and in a language that he or she understands or is reasonably supposed to understand, in writing and if necessary orally. Having regard to the fact that where, for instance, the applicant refuses to cooperate with the national […]

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:
Article 1 – Purpose of ‘Eurodac’

1. A system known as ‘Eurodac’ is hereby established. Its purpose is to: (a) support the asylum system, including by assisting in determining which Member State is to be responsible pursuant to for examining an application for international protection registered in a Member State by a third-country national or a stateless person and by facilitating […]

Procedures Regulation:
Recital 33

For the purposes of effective access to the examination procedure at border crossing points and in detention facilities, information should be made available on the possibility to make an application for international protection. Basic communication necessary to enable the competent authorities to understand if persons declare their wish to make an application for international protection […]

Screening Regulation:
Article 14 – Identification or verification of identity

1. To the extent it has not yet occurred during the application of Article 8 of , the identity of third-country nationals subjected to the screening pursuant to Article 5 or 7 of this Regulation shall be verified or established, by using, where applicable, the following: (a) identity, travel or other documents; (b) data or […]

Eurodac Regulation:
Article 13 – Obligation to take biometric data

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 […]

Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Regulation:
Recital 19

An admission procedure consists of the following stages: referral, where applicable, identification, registration, assessment and a conclusion on admission, as well as, in the case of resettlement, a decision on granting international protection or, in the case of humanitarian admission, a decision on granting international protection or humanitarian status under national law.