1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Regulation as soon as possible so as to ensure the proper functioning of ECRIS-TCN.
2. For convictions handed down prior to the date of start of entry of data in accordance with Article 35(1), the central authorities shall create the individual data records in the central system as follows:
(a)
alphanumeric data to be entered into the central system by the end of the period referred to in Article 35(2);
(b)
fingerprint data to be entered into the central system within two years after the start of operations in accordance with Article 35(4).