1. Interoperability between the ETIAS Information System, on the one hand, and other EU information systems and Europol data, on the other hand, shall be established to enable the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, Article 23, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of this Regulation and shall rely on the European Search Portal (‘ESP’), established by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 15 ), from the date referred to in Article 72(1b) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 68(1b) of Regulation (EU) 2019/818.
2.
For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (i) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query VIS with the following data provided by applicants under points (a), (aa), (c) and (d) of Article 17(2):
(a)
surname (family name);
(b)
surname at birth;
(c)
first name(s) (given name(s));
(d)
date of birth;
(e)
place of birth;
(f)
country of birth;
(g)
sex;
(h)
current nationality;
(i)
other nationalities (if any);
(j)
type, number, the country of issue of the travel document.
3.
For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (g) and (h) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query the EES with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) of Article 17(2):
(a)
surname (family name);
(b)
surname at birth;
(c)
first name(s) (given name(s));
(d)
date of birth;
(e)
sex;
(f)
current nationality;
(g)
other names (alias(es));
(h)
artistic name(s);
(i)
usual name(s);
(j)
other nationalities (if any);
(k)
type, number, the country of issue of the travel document.
4.
For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (c), (m)(ii) and (o) of Article 20(2) and in Article 23 of this Regulation, the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, Article 23, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of this Regulation shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query SIS, as established by Regulations (EU) 2018/1860 and (EU) 2018/1861, with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) and (k) of Article 17(2) of this Regulation:
(a)
surname (family name);
(b)
surname at birth;
(c)
first name(s) (given name(s));
(d)
date of birth;
(e)
place of birth;
(f)
sex;
(g)
current nationality;
(h)
other names (alias(es));
(i)
artistic name(s);
(j)
usual name(s);
(k)
other nationalities (if any);
(l)
type, number, the country of issue of the travel document;
(m)
for minors, surname and first name(s) of the person exercising parental authority or of the applicant’s legal guardian.
5.
For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (a), (d) and (m)(i) of Article 20(2) and in Article 23(1) of this Regulation, the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, Article 23, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of this Regulation shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query SIS, as established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1862, with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) and (k) of Article 17(2) of this Regulation:
(a)
surname (family name);
(b)
surname at birth;
(c)
first name(s) (given name(s));
(d)
date of birth;
(e)
place of birth;
(f)
sex;
(g)
current nationality;
(h)
other names (alias(es));
(i)
artistic name(s);
(j)
usual name(s);
(k)
other nationalities (if any);
(l)
type, number, the country of issue of the travel document;
(m)
for minors, surname and first name(s) of the person exercising parental authority or of the applicant’s legal guardian.
6.
For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (n) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query ECRIS-TCN with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) of Article 17(2):
(a)
surname (family name);
(b)
surname at birth;
(c)
first name(s) (given name(s));
(d)
date of birth;
(e)
place of birth;
(ea)
country of birth;
(f)
sex;
(g)
current nationality;
(h)
other names (alias(es));
(i)
artistic name(s);
(j)
usual name(s);
(k)
other nationalities (if any);
(l)
type, number, the country of issue of the travel document.
6a.
For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in Article 20(2), second subparagraph, point (k), the automated verifications pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query Eurodac established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 16 ), with the following data provided by applicants under Article 17(2), points (a) to (d) of this Regulation:
(a)
surname (family name), first name(s) (given name(s)), surname at birth, date of birth, place of birth, sex, current nationality;
(b)
other names (alias(es), artistic name(s), usual name(s)), if any;
(c)
other nationalities, if any;
(d)
type, number, the country of issue of the travel document.
7. For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (j) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query Europol data with the data referred to in points (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (j), (k) and (m) of Article 17(2) and in Article 17(8).
8. Where the automated verifications pursuant to Articles 20 and 23 report a hit, the ESP shall provide the ETIAS Central Unit with temporary read-only access to the results of those automated verifications. In the case of the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, that access shall be provided in the application file until the end of the manual processing pursuant to Article 22(2). Where the data made available correspond to those of the applicant or where, after the automated verifications pursuant to Articles 20 and 23, doubts remain, the unique reference number of the record in the queried EU information systems of the data having triggered the hit shall be kept in the application file.
Where the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20 report a hit, those automated verifications shall receive the appropriate notification in accordance with Article 21(1a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794.
9. A hit shall be triggered where all or some of the data from the application file used for the query correspond fully or partially to the data present in a record, alert or file of the other EU information systems consulted. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 89 in order to specify the conditions for the correspondence between the data present in a record, alert or file of the other EU information systems consulted and an application file.
10. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission, shall, by means of an implementing act, establish the technical arrangements for the implementation of point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) related to data retention. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 90(2).
11.
For the purpose of Articles 25(2), 28(8) and 29(9), when registering the data related to hits in the application file, the origin of the data shall be indicated by the following data:
(a)
the type of the alert, with the exception of alerts as referred to in Article 23(1);
(b)
the source of the data, namely the other EU information system from which the data originated or Europol data, as appropriate;
(c)
the reference number in the queried EU information system of the record having triggered the hit and the Member State that entered or supplied the data having triggered the hit; and
(d)
where available, the date and time when the data was entered in the other EU information system or Europol data.
The data referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph shall only be accessible and visible by the ETIAS Central Unit where the ETIAS Central System is not able to identify the Member State responsible.