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SIS Police Cooperation Regulation In force since 28 December 2019

Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 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 police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
32018R1862 · 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 Categories of data and flagging

• Article 20 — Categories of data
• Article 21 — Proportionality
• Article 22 — Requirement for an alert to be entered
• Article 23 — Compatibility of alerts
• Article 24 — General provisions on flagging
• Article 25 — Flagging related to alerts for arrest for surrender purposes

Chapter VI Alerts on persons wanted for arrest for surrender or extradition purposes

• Article 26 — Objectives and conditions for entering alerts
• Article 27 — Additional data on persons wanted for arrest for surrender purposes
• Article 28 — Supplementary information on persons wanted for arrest for surrender purposes
• Article 29 — Supplementary information on persons wanted for arrest for extradition purposes
• Article 30 — Conversion of an action to be taken concerning alerts for arrest for surrender or extradition purposes
• Article 31 — Execution of an action based on an alert for arrest for surrender or extradition purposes

Chapter VII Alerts on missing persons or vulnerable persons who need to be prevented from travelling

• Article 32 — Objectives and conditions for entering alerts
• Article 33 — Execution of action based on an alert

Chapter VIII Alerts on persons sought to assist with a judicial procedure

• Article 34 — Objectives and conditions for entering alerts
• Article 35 — Execution of the action based on an alert

Chapter IX Alerts on persons and objects for discreet checks, inquiry checks or specific checks

• Article 36 — Objectives and conditions for entering alerts
• Article 37 — Execution of the action based on an alert

Chapter X Alerts on objects for seizure or use as evidence in criminal proceedings

• Article 38 — Objectives and conditions for entering alerts
• Article 39 — Execution of the action based on an alert

Chapter XI Alerts on unknown wanted persons for the purposes of identification under national law

• Article 40 — Alerts on unknown wanted persons for the purposes of identification under national law
• Article 41 — Execution of the action based on an alert

Chapter XII Specific rules for biometric data

• Article 42 — Specific rules for entering photographs, facial images, dactyloscopic data and DNA profiles
• Article 43 — Specific rules for verification or search with photographs, facial images, dactyloscopic data and DNA profiles

Chapter XIII Right of access and review of alerts

• Article 44 — National competent authorities having a right to access data in SIS
• Article 45 — Vehicle registration services
• Article 46 — Registration services for boats and aircraft
• Article 47 — Registration services for firearms
• Article 48 — Access to data in SIS by Europol
• Article 49 — Access to data in SIS by Eurojust
• Article 50 — 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 51 — Evaluation of the use of SIS by Europol, Eurojust and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency
• Article 52 — Scope of access
• Article 53 — Review period for alerts on persons
• Article 54 — Review period for alerts on objects

Chapter XIV Deletion of alerts

• Article 55 — Deletion of alerts

Chapter XV General data processing rules

• Article 56 — Processing of SIS data
• Article 57 — SIS data and national files
• Article 58 — Information in the case of non-execution of an alert
• Article 59 — Quality of the data in SIS
• Article 60 — Security incidents
• Article 61 — Distinguishing between persons with similar characteristics
• Article 62 — Additional data for the purpose of dealing with misused identities
• Article 63 — Links between alerts
• Article 64 — Purpose and retention period of supplementary information
• Article 65 — Transfer of personal data to third parties

Chapter XVI Data protection

• Article 66 — Applicable legislation
• Article 67 — Right of access, rectification of inaccurate data and erasure of unlawfully stored data
• Article 68 — Remedies
• Article 69 — Supervision of N.SIS
• Article 70 — Supervision of eu-LISA
• Article 71 — Cooperation between supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor

Chapter XVII Liability and penalties

• Article 72 — Liability
• Article 73 — Penalties

Chapter XVIII Final provisions

• Article 74 — Monitoring and statistics
• Article 75 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 76 — Committee procedure
• Article 77 — Amendments to Decision 2007/533/JHA
• Article 78 — Repeal
• Article 79 — Entry into force, start of operation and application