1. Without prejudice to Article 8(1) or to the provisions of this Regulation providing for the storage of additional data, SIS shall contain only those categories of data which are supplied by each Member State, as required for the purposes laid down in Articles 26, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40.
2. The categories of data shall be as follows:
(a)
information on persons in relation to whom an alert has been entered;
(b)
information on objects referred to in Articles 26, 32, 34, 36 and 38.
3. Any alert in SIS which includes information on persons shall contain only the following data:
(a)
surnames;
(b)
forenames;
(c)
names at birth;
(d)
previously used names and aliases;
(e)
any specific, objective, physical characteristics not subject to change;
(f)
place of birth;
(g)
date of birth;
(h)
gender;
(i)
any nationalities held;
(j)
whether the person concerned:
(i)
is armed;
(ii)
is violent;
(iii)
has absconded or escaped;
(iv)
poses a risk of suicide;
(v)
poses a threat to public health; or
(vi)
is involved in an activity referred to in Articles 3 to 14 of Directive (EU) 2017/541;
(k)
the reason for the alert;
(l)
the authority which created the alert;
(m)
a reference to the decision giving rise to the alert;
(n)
the action to be taken in the case of a hit;
(o)
links to other alerts pursuant to Article 63;
(p)
the type of offence;
(q)
the person's registration number in a national register;
(r)
for alerts referred to in Article 32(1), a categorisation of the type of case;
(s)
the category of the person's identification documents;
(t)
the country of issue of the person's identification documents;
(u)
the number(s) of the person's identification documents;
(v)
the date of issue of the person's identification documents;
(w)
photographs and facial images;
(x)
in accordance with Article 42(3), relevant DNA profiles;
(y)
dactyloscopic data;
(z)
a copy of the identification documents, in colour wherever possible.
4. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to lay down and develop the technical rules necessary for entering, updating, deleting and searching the data referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article and the common standards referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 76(2).
5. Technical rules shall be similar for searches in CS-SIS, in national or shared copies and in technical copies made under Article 56(2). They shall be based on common standards.