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ECRIS-TCN Regulation In force since 17 April 2019

Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System
32019R0816 · official text on EUR-Lex

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Articles

Chapter I General provisions

• Article 1 — Subject matter
• Article 2 — Scope
• Article 3 — Definitions
• Article 4 — Technical architecture of ECRIS-TCN

Chapter II Entry and use of data by central authorities

• Article 5 — Data entry in ECRIS-TCN
• Article 6 — Facial images
• Article 7 — Use of ECRIS-TCN for identifying the Member States holding criminal records information

Chapter III Retention and modification of the data

• Article 8 — Retention period for data storage
• Article 9 — Modification and erasure of data

Chapter IV Development, operation and responsibilities

• Article 10 — Adoption of implementing acts by the Commission
• Article 11 — Development and operational management of ECRIS — TCN
• Article 12 — Responsibilities of the Member States
• Article 13 — Responsibility for the use of data
• Article 14 — Access for Eurojust, Europol, and the EPPO
• Article 15 — Access by authorised staff of Eurojust, Europol and the EPPO
• Article 16 — Responsibilities of Eurojust, Europol and the EPPO
• Article 17 — Contact point for third countries and international organisations
• Article 18 — Providing information to a third country, international organisation or private party
• Article 19 — Data Security
• Article 20 — Liability
• Article 21 — Self-monitoring
• Article 22 — Penalties

Chapter V Data protection rights and supervision

• Article 23 — Data controller and data processor
• Article 24 — Purpose of the processing of personal data
• Article 25 — Right of access, rectification, erasure and restriction of processing
• Article 26 — Cooperation to ensure respect for data protection rights
• Article 27 — Remedies
• Article 28 — Supervision by the national supervisory authorities
• Article 29 — Supervision by the European Data Protection Supervisor
• Article 30 — Cooperation among national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor
• Article 31 — Keeping of logs

Chapter VI Final provisions

• Article 32 — Use of data for reporting and statistics
• Article 33 — Costs
• Article 34 — Notifications
• Article 35 — Entry of data and start of operations
• Article 36 — Monitoring and evaluation
• Article 37 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 38 — Committee procedure
• Article 39 — Advisory Group
• Article 40 — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1726
• Article 41 — Implementation and transitional provisions
• Article 42 — Entry into force