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SIS Borders Regulation In force since 28 December 2019

Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006
32018R1861 · official text on EUR-Lex

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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — General purpose of SIS
• Article 2 — Subject matter
• Article 3 — Definitions
• Article 4 — Technical architecture and ways of operating SIS
• Article 5 — Costs

Chapter II RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MEMBER STATES

• Article 6 — National systems
• Article 7 — N.SIS Office and SIRENE Bureau
• Article 8 — Exchange of supplementary information
• Article 9 — Technical and functional compliance
• Article 10 — Security – Member States
• Article 11 — Confidentiality – Member States
• Article 12 — Keeping of logs at national level
• Article 13 — Self-monitoring
• Article 14 — Staff training

Chapter III RESPONSIBILITIES OF eu-LISA

• Article 15 — Operational management
• Article 16 — Security – eu-LISA
• Article 17 — Confidentiality – eu-LISA
• Article 18 — Keeping of logs at central level

Chapter IV INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC

• Article 19 — SIS information campaigns

Chapter V ALERTS FOR REFUSAL OF ENTRY AND STAY ON THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS

• Article 20 — Categories of data
• Article 21 — Proportionality
• Article 22 — Requirement for an alert to be entered
• Article 23 — Compatibility of alerts
• Article 24 — Conditions for entering alerts for refusal of entry and stay
• Article 25 — Conditions for entering alerts on third-country nationals subject to restrictive measures
• Article 26 — Conditions for entering alerts on third-country nationals who are beneficiaries of the right of free movement within the Union
• Article 27 — Prior consultation before granting or extending a residence permit or long-stay visa
• Article 28 — Prior consultation before entering an alert for refusal of entry and stay
• Article 29 — A posteriori consultation after entering an alert for refusal of entry and stay
• Article 30 — Consultation in the case of a hit concerning a third-country national holding a valid residence permit or long-stay visa
• Article 31 — Statistics on exchange of information

Chapter VI SEARCH WITH BIOMETRIC DATA

• Article 32 — Specific rules for entering photographs, facial images and dactyloscopic data
• Article 33 — Specific rules for verification or search with photographs, facial images and dactyloscopic data

Chapter VII RIGHT OF ACCESS AND REVIEW AND DELETION OF ALERTS

• Article 34 — National competent authorities having a right to access data in SIS
• Article 35 — Access to data in SIS by Europol
• Article 36 — Access to data in SIS by the European Border and Coast Guard teams, teams of staff involved in return-related tasks, and members of the migration management support teams
• Article 37 — Evaluation of the use of SIS by Europol and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency
• Article 38 — Scope of access
• Article 39 — Review period for alerts
• Article 40 — Deletion of alerts

Chapter VIII GENERAL DATA PROCESSING RULES

• Article 41 — Processing of SIS data
• Article 42 — SIS data and national files
• Article 43 — Information in the case of non-execution of an alert
• Article 44 — Quality of the data in SIS
• Article 45 — Security incidents
• Article 46 — Distinguishing between persons with similar characteristics
• Article 47 — Additional data for the purpose of dealing with misused identities
• Article 48 — Links between alerts
• Article 49 — Purpose and retention period of supplementary information
• Article 50 — Transfer of personal data to third parties

Chapter IX DATA PROTECTION

• Article 51 — Applicable legislation
• Article 52 — Right of information
• Article 53 — Right of access, rectification of inaccurate data and erasure of unlawfully stored data
• Article 54 — Remedies
• Article 55 — Supervision of N.SIS
• Article 56 — Supervision of eu-LISA
• Article 57 — Cooperation between supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor

Chapter X LIABILITY AND PENALTIES

• Article 58 — Liability
• Article 59 — Penalties

Chapter XI FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 60 — Monitoring and statistics
• Article 61 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 62 — Committee procedure
• Article 63 — Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006
• Article 64 — Amendment to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement
• Article 65 — Repeal
• Article 66 — Entry into force, start of operation and application