REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council

26.5.2023 - (COM(2021)0784(COR1) – C9‑0455/2021 – 2021/0410(COD)) - ***I

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Paulo Rangel

Amendments

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• 001-286 (DOC - 116 KB)
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• 287-287 (DOC - 110 KB)

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(COM(2021)0784(COR1) – C9‑0455/2021 – 2021/0410(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0784(COR1)),

– having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles  16(2) and 87(2), point (a), and Article 88(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9‑0455/2021),

– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0200/2023),

1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

 

Amendment  1

 

Proposal for a regulation

Citation 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee28 ,	Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee28 ,
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28 OJ C , , p. .	28 OJ C 323, 26.8.2022, p. 69.

Amendment  2

 

Proposal for a regulation

Citation 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions29 ,	deleted
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29 OJ C , , p. .

Amendment  3

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(1) The Union has set itself the objective of offering its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers, in which the free movement of persons is ensured. That objective should be achieved by means of, among others, appropriate measures to prevent and combat crime, including organised crime and terrorism.	(1) The Union has set itself the objective of offering its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers, in which the free movement of persons is ensured. That objective should be achieved by means of, among others, appropriate measures to prevent and combat crime and other threats to public security, including organised crime and terrorism in line with the EU Security Union Strategy.

Amendment  4

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(2) That objective requires that law enforcement authorities exchange data, in an efficient and timely manner, in order to effectively fight crime.	(2) That objective requires that law enforcement authorities exchange data, in an efficient and timely manner, in order to effectively prevent, detect and investigate criminal offences.

Amendment  5

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(3) The objective of this Regulation is therefore to improve, streamline and facilitate the exchange of criminal information between Member States’ law enforcement authorities, but also with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation established by Regulation (EU) No 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 (Europol) as the Union criminal information hub.	(3) The objective of this Regulation is therefore to improve, streamline and facilitate the exchange of criminal information and vehicle registration data between Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating criminal offences, but also with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation established by Regulation (EU) No 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 (Europol), in full compliance with fundamental rights and data protection rules.
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30 Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53).	30 Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53).

Amendment  6

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(4) Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA31 and 2008/616/JHA32 laying down rules for the exchange of information between authorities responsible for the prevention and investigation of criminal offences by providing for the automated transfer of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data and certain vehicle registration data, have proven important for tackling terrorism and cross-border crime.	(4) Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA31 and 2008/616/JHA32 laying down rules for the exchange of information between authorities responsible for the prevention and investigation of criminal offences by providing for the automated transfer of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data and certain vehicle registration data, have proven important for tackling terrorism and cross-border crime, thereby protecting the internal security of the Union and the safety of its citizens.
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31 Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1).	31 Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 1).
32 Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12).	32 Council Decision 2008/616/JHA of 23 June 2008 on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime (OJ L 210, 6.8.2008, p. 12).

Amendment  7

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(5) This Regulation should lay down the conditions and procedures for the automated transfer of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, vehicle registration data, facial images and police records. This should be without prejudice to the processing of any of these data in the Schengen Information System (SIS) or the exchange of supplementary information related to them via the SIRENE bureaux or to the rights of individuals whose data is processed therein.	(5) This Regulation should lay down the conditions and procedures for the automated search and exchange of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, certain vehicle registration data, facial images and police records, in the context of a criminal investigation. This should be without prejudice to the processing of any of these data in the Schengen Information System (SIS) or the exchange of supplementary information related to them via the SIRENE bureaux pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a or to the rights of individuals whose data is processed.
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	1a 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 and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 56).

Amendment  8

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(6) The processing of personal data and the exchange of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation should not result in discrimination against persons on any grounds. It should fully respect human dignity and integrity and other fundamental rights, including the right to respect for one's private life and to the protection of personal data, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.	(6) Any processing of personal data and the exchange of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation should be carried out in compliance with Chapter 6 of this Regulation and, as applicable, Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and the Council1a, Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and the Council1b or Regulation (EU) 2016/794. The processing and exchange of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation should not result in discrimination against persons on any grounds. It should fully respect human dignity and integrity and other fundamental rights, including the right to respect for one's private life and to the protection of personal data, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
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	1a Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 89).
	1b Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).

Amendment  9

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 7

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(7) By providing for the automated search or comparison of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, vehicle registration data, facial images and police records, the purpose of this Regulation is also to allow for the search of missing persons and unidentified human remains. This should be without prejudice to the entry of SIS alerts on missing persons and the exchange of supplementary information on such alerts under Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council.33	(7) By providing for the automated search or comparison of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, certain vehicle registration data, facial images and police records, the purpose of this Regulation is also to allow for the search of missing persons and the identification of unidentified human remains in the context of a criminal investigation. This should be without prejudice to the entry of SIS alerts on missing persons and the exchange of supplementary information on such alerts under Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council.33
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33 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 and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 56).	33 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 and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 56).

Amendment  10

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(8) The Directive (EU) …/… [on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States] provides a coherent Union legal framework to ensure that law enforcement authorities have equivalent access to information held by other Member States when they need it to fight crime and terrorism. To enhance information exchange, that Directive formalises and clarifies the procedures for information sharing between Member States, in particular for investigative purposes, including the role of the ‘Single Point of Contact’ for such exchanges, and making full use of Europol’s information exchange channel SIENA. Any exchange of information beyond what is provided for in this Regulation should be regulated by Directive (EU) …/… [on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States].	(8) The Directive (EU) …/… [on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States] provides a coherent Union legal framework to ensure that competent law enforcement authorities have equivalent access to information held by other Member States when they need it to fight crime and terrorism. To enhance information exchange, that Directive formalises and clarifies the rules and procedures for information sharing between Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities, in particular for investigative purposes, including the role of the ‘Single Point of Contact’ for such exchanges, and making full use of Europol’s information exchange channel SIENA. Any exchange of information between competent law enforcement authorities beyond what is provided for in this Regulation is regulated by Directive (EU) …/… [on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States].

Amendment  11

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(8a) Member States should designate one or more national contact points for the exchanges under this Regulation, depending on their national organisation structures. However, in order to streamline those exchanges, Member States should seek to have only one national contact point, if at all possible.

Amendment  12

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 9

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(9) For the automated searching of vehicle registration data, Member States should use the European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (Eucaris) set up by the Treaty concerning a European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (EUCARIS) designed for this purpose. Eucaris should connect all participating Member States in a network. There is no central component needed for the communication to be established as each Member State communicates directly to the other connected Member States.	(9) For the automated searching of certain vehicle registration data, Member States and Europol should use the European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (Eucaris) set up by the Treaty concerning a European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (EUCARIS) designed for this purpose which connects all participating Member States in a network. There is no central component needed for the communication to be established as each Member State communicates directly to the other connected Member States, and Europol communicates directly with the connected databases. The automated search and exchange of driving licence data is excluded from the scope of this Regulation.

Amendment  13

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 10

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(10) The identification of a criminal is essential for a successful criminal investigation and prosecution. The automated searching of facial images of suspects and convicted criminals should provide for additional information for successfully identifying criminals and fighting crime.	(10) The identification of a criminal is essential for a successful criminal investigation and prosecution. The automated searching of facial images of persons convicted or suspected of having committed a criminal offence collected in accordance with national law should provide for additional information for successfully identifying criminals and fighting crime. Given the sensitivity of the data concerned, it should only be possible to conduct automated searches for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating a serious criminal offence. In addition, a human review of the list of candidates by two forensic experts should be ensured in order to determine the existence of a confirmed match.

Amendment  14

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 11

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(11) The automated search or comparison of biometric data (DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data and facial images) between authorities responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences under this Regulation should only concern data contained in databases established for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.	(11) The automated search or comparison of biometric data between authorities responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences under this Regulation should only concern data contained in Union’s or Member States’ databases established for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences, in accordance with this Regulation.

Amendment  15

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(12) Participation in the exchange of police records should remain voluntary. Where Member States decide to participate, in the spirit of reciprocity, it should not be possible for them to query other Member States’ databases if they do not make their own data available for queries by other Member States.	(12) Participation in the automated search and exchange of police record indexes should remain voluntary. Where Member States decide to participate, in the spirit of reciprocity, it should not be possible for them to query other Member States’ databases if they do not make their own data available for queries by other Member States. Given the sensitivity of the data concerned, exchanges of police record indexes under this Regulation should only concern data of persons convicted or suspected of having committed a serious criminal offence. In addition, it should only be possible to conduct automated searches for the purpose of investigating a serious criminal offence.

Amendment  16

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12a) Member States should ensure that data included in their national police record indexes are accurate, complete and up to date and should implement safeguards, in particular pseudonymisation, to protect queried personal data.

Amendment  17

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 12 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(12b) The exchange of police record indexes under this Regulation is without prejudice to the exchange of criminal records through the existing European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) framework.

Amendment  18

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 13

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(13) In recent years, Europol has received a large amount of biometric data of suspected and convicted terrorists and criminals from several third countries. Including third country-sourced data stored at Europol in the Prüm framework and thus making this data available to law enforcement authorities is necessary for better prevention and investigation of criminal offences. It also contributes to building synergies between different law enforcement tools.	(13) In recent years, Europol has received a large amount of biometric data of suspects and persons convicted for terrorism and criminal offences from several third-country authorities in accordance with Regulation(EU) 2016/794, in particular battlefield information from war zones. It has often not been possible to make full use of such data because they are not always available to the competent law enforcement authorities of the Member States. Including third country-sourced data stored at Europol in the Prüm framework and thus making this data available to competent law enforcement authorities in line with Europol’s role as the Union central criminal information hub is necessary for better prevention and investigation of serious criminal offences. It also contributes to building synergies between different law enforcement tools, and ensures that data is used in the most efficient manner.

Amendment  19

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 14

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(14) Europol should be able to search Member States’ databases under the Prüm framework with data received from third countries in order to establish cross-border links between criminal cases. Being able to use Prüm data, next to other databases available to Europol, should allow establishing more complete and informed analysis on the criminal investigations and should allow Europol to provide better support to Member States’ law enforcement authorities. In case of a match between data used for the search and data held in Member States’ databases, Member States may supply Europol with the information necessary for it to fulfil its tasks.	(14) Europol should be able to search Member States’ databases under the Prüm framework with data received from third-country authorities, in full respect of the rules and conditions provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/794, in order to establish cross-border links between criminal cases in respect of which Europol is competent. Being able to use Prüm data, next to other databases available to Europol, should enable a more complete and informed analysis to be carried out, thereby allowing Europol to provide better support to Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities when conducting criminal investigations. In case of a confirmed match between data used for the search and data held in Member States’ databases, Member States may supply Europol with the information necessary for it to fulfil its tasks.

Amendment  20

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 15

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(15) Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA provide for a network of bilateral connections between the national databases of Member States. As a consequence of this technical architecture, each Member State should establish at least 26 connections, that means a connection with each Member State, per data category. The router and the European Police Records Index System (EPRIS) established by this Regulation should simplify the technical architecture of the Prüm framework and serve as connecting points between all Member States. The router should require a single connection per Member State in relation to biometric data and EPRIS should require a single connection per Member State in relation to police records.	(15) Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA provide for a network of bilateral connections between the national databases of Member States. As a consequence of this technical architecture, each Member State had to establish at least 26 connections, that means a connection with each Member State participating in the exchanges, per data category. The router and the European Police Records Index System (EPRIS) established by this Regulation will simplify the technical architecture of the Prüm framework and serve as connecting points between all Member States. The router should require a single connection per Member State in relation to biometric data and EPRIS should require a single connection per participating Member State in relation to police records.

Amendment  21

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 16

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(16) The router should be connected to the European Search Portal established by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 to allow Member States’ authorities and Europol to launch queries to national databases under this Regulation simultaneously to queries to the Common Identity Repository established by Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 for law enforcement purposes.	(16) The router should be connected to the European Search Portal established by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council35 to allow Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities and Europol to launch queries to national databases under this Regulation simultaneously to queries to the Common Identity Repository established by Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 for law enforcement purposes in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Regulation (EU) 2019/818. Those two Regulations should therefore be amended accordingly. Moreover, Regulation (EU) 2019/818 should be amended with a view to enabling the storage of reports and statistics of the router in the Common Repository for Reporting and Statistics.
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34 Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of borders and visa and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1726 and (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA (OJ L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 27).	34 Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of borders and visa and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1726 and (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA (OJ L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 27).
35 Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 (OJ L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 85).	35 Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 (OJ L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 85).

Amendment  22

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 17

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(17) In case of a match between the data used for the search or comparison and data held in the national database of the requested Member State(s), and upon confirmation of this match by the requesting Member State, the requested Member State should return a limited set of core data via the router within 24 hours. The deadline would ensure fast communication exchange between Member States’ authorities. Member States should retain control over the release of this limited set of core data. A certain degree of human intervention should be maintained at key points in the process, including for the decision to release personal data to the requesting Member State in order to ensure that there would be no automated exchange of core data.	(17) In case of a match between the data used for the search or comparison and data held in the national database of the requested Member State(s), and upon human confirmation of this match by qualified staff of the requesting Member State, the requested Member State should return a limited set of core data, to the extent that such core date are available, via the router within 24 hours. Where the requested Member State needs to obtain a judicial authorisation prior to the transmission of the core data, the 24-hour deadline should not apply and, instead, the Member State should ensure that the core data are returned within 72 hours. The deadline will ensure fast communication exchange between Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities. Member States should retain control over the release of this limited set of core data. In exceptional circumstances it might be objectively justified for Member States to refuse sharing the set of core data. Such refusal and its justification should be provided promptly to the requesting Member State within time limits established under this Regulation. Human intervention should be maintained at key points in the process, including for the decision to launch a query, the decision to confirm a match, the decision to launch a request to receive core data following a confirmed match and the decision to release personal data to the requesting Member State, in order to ensure that there would be no automated exchange of core data.

Amendment  23

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 18

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(18) Any exchange between Member States’ authorities or with Europol at any stage of one of the processes described under this Regulation, which is not explicitly described in this Regulation, should take place via SIENA to ensure that a common, secure and reliable channel of communication is used by all Member States.	deleted

Amendment  24

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 19

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(19) The universal message format (UMF) standard should be used in the development of the router and EPRIS. Any automated exchange of data in accordance with this Regulation should use the UMF standard. Member States’ authorities and Europol are encouraged to use the UMF standard also in relation to any further exchange of data between them in the context of the Prüm II framework. The UMF standard should serve as a standard for structured, cross-border information exchange between information systems, authorities or organisations in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.	(19) The universal message format (UMF) standard should be used in the development of the router and EPRIS. Any automated exchange of data in accordance with this Regulation should use the UMF standard. Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities and Europol are encouraged to use the UMF standard also in relation to any further exchange of data between them in the context of the Prüm II framework. The UMF standard should serve as a standard for structured, cross-border information exchange between information systems, authorities or organisations in the field of Justice and Home Affairs.

Amendment  25

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(21) Certain aspects of the Prüm II framework cannot be covered exhaustively by this Regulation given their technical, highly detailed and frequently changing nature. Those aspects include, for example, technical arrangements and specifications for automated searching procedures, the standards for data exchange and the data elements to be exchanged. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.36	(21) Certain aspects of the Prüm II framework cannot be covered exhaustively by this Regulation given their technical, highly detailed and frequently changing nature. Those aspects include, for example, technical arrangements and specifications for automated searching procedures, the standards for data exchange, including minimum quality standards, and the data elements to be exchanged. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council.36
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36 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).	36 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

Amendment  26

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21a) Data quality in the context of automated comparison is an essential prerequisite to ensure the efficiency of this Regulation and reduce the risk of false matches. Adequate standards for data exchanged in the framework of this Regulation should be determined at Union level by means of implementing acts.

Amendment  27

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21b) Given the scale and sensitivity of the personal data exchanged for the purposes of this Regulation, and the existence of different national rules for storing information on individuals in national databases, it is important to ensure that the databases used for the automated searching of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, facial images, police records and certain vehicle registration data are established in accordance with national law and, as applicable, Directive (EU) 2016/680, Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Regulation (EU) 2016/794. Therefore, prior to connecting their national databases to the router, EPRIS or Eucaris, Member States should conduct a data protection impact assessment as referred to in Directive (EU) 2016/680 and consult the supervisory authority as referred to in that Directive, in order to ensure that data in the national databases has been stored in accordance with the applicable law.

Amendment  28

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21c) Member States and Europol should ensure that data exchanged in the framework of this Regulation are accurate and up-to-date. In accordance with the principles of data protection, Member States and Europol should make sure that any data transmitted that are found to be incorrect, inaccurate or outdated are corrected or deleted, as appropriate, and that any correction or deletion is communicated to all recipients without delay.

Amendment  29

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21d) Strong monitoring of the implementation of this Regulation is of utmost importance. In particular, compliance with rules for processing personal data should be subject to effective safeguards, and regular monitoring and audits by data controllers, supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor should be ensured. Provisions allowing for a regular checking of the admissibility of queries and the lawfulness of data processing should also be in place. Member States and Europol should ensure adequate human, technical and financial resources for those purposes.

Amendment  30

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 e (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21e) Supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor should ensure coordinated supervision of the application of this Regulation within the framework of their responsibilities, in particular where they find major discrepancies between Member State’s practices, potentially unlawful transfers or potential politically-motivated requests.

Amendment  31

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 f (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21f) When implementing this Regulation, it is crucial that Member States and Europol take note of the developing case law from the European Court of Justice in relation to the use of biometric databases.

Amendment  32

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 g (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21g) Member States and third countries who are permitted access to the Prüm II framework should be full members of the Council of Europe with full rights of representation therein and signatories to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and, thus, subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights.

Amendment  33

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 21 h (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(21h) Two years following the start of operations of the router and EPRIS, and every four years thereafter, the European Commission should produce an evaluation report that includes an assessment of the application of this Regulation by the Member States and Europol, in particular of their compliance with the relevant data protection safeguards, paying due attention to any Member State subject to a procedure referred to in Article 7 of the Treaty of the European Union. The report should also include an examination of the results achieved against the objectives of this Regulation and its impact on fundamental rights, while also evaluating its impact, performance, effectiveness, efficiency, security and working practices.

Amendment  34

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 23

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(23) As the router should be developed and managed by the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale Information Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 (eu-LISA), it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 by adding that to the tasks of eu-LISA. In order to allow for the router to be connected to the European Search Portal to carry out simultaneous searches of the router and the Common Identity Repository it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2019/817. In order to allow for the router to be connected to the European Search Portal to carry out simultaneous searches of the router and the Common Identity Repository and in order to store reports and statistics of the router on the Common Repository for Reporting and Statistics it is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2019/818. Those Regulations should therefore be amended accordingly.	(23) As the router should be developed and managed by the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale Information Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 (eu-LISA), it is necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 by adding that to the tasks of eu-LISA.
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37 Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 99).	37 Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 99).

Amendment  35

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 23 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(23a) Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to step up cross-border police cooperation and to allow Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities to search for missing persons and identify unidentified human remains, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

Amendment  36

 

Proposal for a regulation

Recital 26

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(26) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 and delivered an opinion on [XX]39 .	(26) The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 and delivered an opinion on 2 March 202239 .
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38 Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).	38 Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).
39 [OJ C …].	39 OJ C 225, 9.6.2022, p.6.

Amendment  37

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
This Regulation establishes a framework for the exchange of information between authorities responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences (Prüm II).	This Regulation establishes a framework for the exchange of information between Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities (Prüm II).

Amendment  38

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 1 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
This Regulation lays down the conditions and procedures for the automated searching of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, facial images, police records and certain vehicle registration data and the rules regarding the exchange of core data following a match.	This Regulation lays down the conditions and procedures for the automated searching of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, facial images, police records and certain vehicle registration data and the rules regarding the exchange of core data following a confirmed match.

Amendment  39

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 2 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The purpose of Prüm II shall be to step up cross-border cooperation in matters covered by Part III, Title V, Chapter 5 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, particularly the exchange of information between authorities responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.	The purpose of Prüm II shall be to step up cross-border cooperation in matters covered by Part III, Title V, Chapter 5 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, particularly by facilitating the exchange of information between Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities, in full respect for the fundamental rights of natural persons, including the right to respect for one’s private life, and for the protection of personal data, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

Amendment  40

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 2 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The purpose of Prüm II shall also be to allow for the search for missing persons and unidentified human remains by authorities responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.	The purpose of Prüm II shall also be to allow for the search for missing persons and the identification of unidentified human remains by Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities in the context of a criminal investigation, provided that those authorities are empowered to conduct such searches and to carry out such identification under national law.

Amendment  41

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 3 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
This Regulation applies to the national databases used for the automated transfer of the categories of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, facial images, police records and certain vehicle registration data.	This Regulation applies to the databases, established in accordance with national law and in compliance with, as applicable, Directive (EU) 2016/680, Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 or Regulation (EU) 2016/794, used for the automated transfer of the categories of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, facial images, police records and certain vehicle registration data.

Amendment  42

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(1) ‘loci’ means the particular molecular structure at the various DNA locations;	(1) ‘loci’ means DNA locations which contain identification characteristics of an analysed human DNA sample;

Amendment  43

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(2) ‘DNA profile’ means a letter or number code which represents a set of identification characteristics of the non-coding part of an analysed human DNA sample, the particular molecular structure at the various DNA locations;	(2) ‘DNA profile’ means a letter or number code which represents a set of loci, or the particular molecular structure at the various loci;

Amendment  44

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(3) ‘non-coding part of DNA’ means chromosome regions not genetically expressed, i.e. not known to provide for any functional properties of an organism;	deleted

Amendment  45

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(5) ‘reference DNA profile’ means the DNA profile of an identified person;	(5) ‘identified DNA profile’ means the DNA profile of an identified person;

Amendment  46

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(8a) ‘unidentified dactyloscopic data’ means the dactyloscopic data obtained from traces collected during the investigation of a criminal offence which belong to a person not yet identified;

Amendment  47

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(10a) ‘facial image reference data’ means a facial image and its reference number referred to in Article 23;

Amendment  48

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 10 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(10b) ‘unidentified facial image’ means a facial image collected during the investigation of a criminal offence which belongs to a person not yet identified;

Amendment  49

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(11a) ‘alphanumeric data’ means data represented by letters, digits, special characters, spaces and punctuation marks;

Amendment  50

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 12

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(12) ‘match’ means the existence of a correspondence as a result of an automated comparison between personal data recorded or being recorded in an information system or database;	(12) ‘match’ means the existence of a correspondence as a result of an automated comparison between personal data held by the requesting Member State and personal data recorded in a database of the requested Member State;

Amendment  51

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 15

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(15) ‘requested Member State’ means the Member State in which databases the search is conducted through Prüm II by the requesting Member State;	(15) ‘requested Member State’ means the Member State in whose databases the search is conducted through Prüm II by the requesting Member State;

Amendment  52

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 16

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(16) ‘police records’ means any information available in the national register or registers recording data of competent authorities, for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences;	(16) ‘police records’ means biographical information regarding persons convicted or suspected of having committed a serious criminal offence available in the national databases established for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences;

Amendment  53

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 17

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(17) ‘pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;	(17) ‘pseudonymisation’ means pseudonymisation as defined in Article 3, point (5), of Directive (EU) 2016/680;

Amendment  54

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 17 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(17a) ‘suspect’ means a person referred to in Article 6, point (a), of Directive (EU) 2016/680;

Amendment  55

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 17 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(17b) ‘serious criminal offence’ means an offence referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA1a or in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, which is punishable in the requesting Member State by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years;
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	1a Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).

Amendment  56

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 17 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(17c) ‘victim of serious crime or terrorism’ means a person that is adversely affected by an offence which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Article 2(2) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, if that offence is punishable under national law by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years or an offence under national law which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a;
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	1a Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA (OJ L 88, 31.3.2017, p. 6).

Amendment  57

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 17 d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(17d) ‘personal data’ means personal data as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/680;

Amendment  58

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 17 e (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(17e) ‘designated authorities’ means designated authorities as defined in Article 3(1), point (26), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, Article 2(1), point (e), of Council Decision 2008/633/JHA1b, or Article 3(1), point (21), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council1c;
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	1a Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 327, 9.12.2017, p. 20).
	1b Council Decision 2008/633/JHA of 23 June 2008 concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 129).
	1c Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and amending Regulations (EU) No 1077/2011, (EU) No 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/1624 and (EU) 2017/2226 (OJ L 236, 19.9.2018, p. 1).

Amendment  59

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 18

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(18) ‘Europol data’ means any personal data processed by Europol in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794;	(18) ‘Europol data’ means any operational personal data processed by Europol in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794;

Amendment  60

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(18a) 'competent law enforcement authority' means any police, customs or other authority of the Member States competent under national law to exercise authority and to take coercive measures for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating criminal offences;

Amendment  61

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 20

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(20) ‘SIENA’ means the secure information exchange network application, managed by Europol, aimed at facilitating the exchange of information between Member States and Europol;	(20) ‘SIENA’ means the secure information exchange network application, managed by Europol in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, aimed at facilitating the exchange and ensuring the secure transmission of operational and strategic crime-related information between Member States and Europol;

Amendment  62

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 21

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(21) ‘significant incident’ means any incident unless it has a limited impact and is likely to be already well understood in terms of method or technology;	(21) ‘significant incident’ means significant incident as defined in Article 3, point (7), of Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council1a [2022/0085(COD)];
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	1a Regulation (EU) .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures for a high common level of cybersecurity at the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union (OJ...).

Amendment  63

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(22) ‘significant cyber threat’ means a cyber threat with the intention, opportunity and capability to cause a significant incident;	(22) ‘significant cyber threat’ means significant cyber threat as defined in Article 3, point (11), of Regulation (EU) .../... [2022/0085(COD];

Amendment  64

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 23

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(23) ‘significant vulnerability’ means a vulnerability that will likely lead to a significant incident if it is exploited;	(23) ‘significant vulnerability’ means significant vulnerability as defined in Article 3, point (13) of Regulation (EU) .../... [2022/0085(COD];

Amendment  65

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – title

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Establishment of national DNA analysis files	Establishment of national DNA databases

Amendment  66

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States shall open and keep national DNA analysis files for the investigation of criminal offences.	1. Member States shall open and keep national DNA databases for the investigation of criminal offences.

Amendment  67

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Processing of data kept in those files, under this Regulation, shall be carried out in accordance with this Regulation, in compliance with the national law of the Member States applicable to the processing of those data.	Processing of data kept in those databases, under this Regulation, shall be carried out in accordance with this Regulation and in compliance with the national law of the Member States applicable to the processing of those data.

Amendment  68

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Member States shall ensure the availability of DNA reference data from their national DNA analysis files as referred to in paragraph 1.	2. Member States shall ensure the availability of DNA reference data from their national DNA databases as referred to in paragraph 1 for the purposes of automated searches by other Member States pursuant to this Regulation.

Amendment  69

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
DNA reference data shall not contain any data from which an individual can be directly identified.	DNA reference data shall not contain any additional data from which an individual can be directly identified.

Amendment  70

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
DNA reference data which is not attributed to any individual (unidentified DNA profiles) shall be recognisable as such.	Unidentified DNA profiles shall be recognisable as such.

Amendment  71

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 2a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	The Commission shall adopt an implementing act to specify the identification characteristics of a DNA profile which is to be exchanged and the minimum requirements for a match, taking into account international and European standards. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  72

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall allow national contact points referred to in Article 29 and Europol access to the DNA reference data in their DNA analysis files, to conduct automated searches by comparing DNA profiles for the investigation of criminal offences.	For the investigation of criminal offences, Member States shall allow national contact points of other Member States and Europol access to the DNA reference data in their DNA databases established for that purpose in order to conduct automated searches of the DNA profiles in those databases and to compare those DNA profiles with their DNA profiles.

Amendment  73

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Searches may be conducted only in individual cases and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State.	Searches shall only be conducted in individual cases, where they are proportionate and necessary for the investigation of a criminal offence, and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State.

Amendment  74

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Should an automated search show that a supplied DNA profile matches DNA profiles entered in the requested Member State's searched file, the national contact point of the requesting Member State shall receive in an automated way the DNA reference data with which a match has been found.	Should an automated search show that a supplied DNA profile matches DNA profiles stored in the requested Member State's searched database or databases, the national contact point of the requesting Member State shall receive in an automated way the DNA reference data with which a match has been found.

Amendment  75

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
If there is no match, the requesting Member State shall be notified about it in an automated manner.	deleted

Amendment  76

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. The national contact point of the requesting Member State shall confirm a match of DNA profiles data with DNA reference data held by the requested Member State following the automated supply of the DNA reference data required for confirming a match.	3. The national contact point of the requesting Member State shall ensure that a human review by a forensic expert is conducted in order to confirm a match of DNA profile data with DNA reference data held by the requested Member State following the automated supply of the DNA reference data required for confirming a match.

Amendment  77

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 7 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States may, via their national contact points, compare the DNA profiles of their unidentified DNA profiles with all DNA profiles from other national DNA analysis files for the investigation of criminal offences. Profiles shall be supplied and compared in an automated manner.	1. Member States may, via their national contact points, compare the DNA profiles of their unidentified DNA profiles with all DNA profiles from other national DNA databases for the investigation of criminal offences. Profiles shall be supplied and compared in an automated manner.

Amendment  78

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 7 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Should a requested Member State, as a result of the comparison referred to in paragraph 1, find that any DNA profiles supplied match any of those in its DNA analysis files, it shall, without delay, supply the national contact point of the requesting Member State with the DNA reference data with which a match has been found.	2. Should a requested Member State, as a result of the comparison referred to in paragraph 1, find that any DNA profiles supplied match any of those in its DNA databases, it shall, without delay, supply the national contact point of the requesting Member State with the DNA reference data with which a match has been found.

Amendment  79

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 7 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. The confirmation of a match of DNA profiles with DNA reference data held by the requested Member State shall be carried out by the national contact point of the requesting Member State following the automated supply of the DNA reference data required for confirming a match.	3. A human review by a forensic expert to confirm a match of DNA profiles with DNA reference data held by the requested Member State shall be carried out by the national contact point of the requesting Member State following the automated supply of the DNA reference data required for confirming a match.

Amendment  80

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 8 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Article 8	deleted
Reporting about DNA analysis files
Each Member State shall inform the Commission and eu-LISA of the national DNA analysis files, to which Articles 5 to 7 apply, in accordance with Article 73.

Amendment  81

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information in their databases referred to in Article 5 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the other Member States in accordance with Articles 47 and 48;	(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information in their databases referred to in Article 5 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the other Member States in accordance with Article 47 or to Europol in accordance with Article 50(6);

Amendment  82

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(aa) a reference number allowing Europol, in case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information for the purposes of Article 49(1) of this Regulation in order to supply them or it to one, several or all Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794;

Amendment  83

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) a code to indicate the type of DNA profile (reference DNA profiles or unidentified DNA profiles).	(c) a code to indicate the type of DNA profile (identified DNA profiles or unidentified DNA profiles).

Amendment  84

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure confidentiality and integrity for DNA reference data being sent to other Member States, including their encryption.	1. Member States and, where applicable, Europol shall take all appropriate measures to ensure confidentiality and integrity for DNA reference data being sent to other Member States or Europol, including their encryption.

Amendment  85

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to guarantee the integrity of the DNA profiles made available or sent for comparison to the other Member States and to ensure that those measures comply with the relevant international standards for DNA data exchange.	2. Member States and Europol shall take the necessary measures to guarantee the integrity and minimum quality standards of the DNA profiles made available or sent for comparison to the other Member States and to ensure that those measures comply with the relevant European or international standards for DNA data exchange.

Amendment  86

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 10 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the relevant international standards that are to be used by Member States for DNA reference data exchange. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the relevant European or international standards that are to be used by Member States and Europol for DNA reference data exchange, including the minimum quality standard to be met by DNA profiles. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  87

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(d) the types of DNA profiles transmitted (unidentified DNA profiles or reference DNA profiles).	(d) the types of DNA profiles transmitted (unidentified DNA profiles or identified DNA profiles).

Amendment  88

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(f) the type of DNA profiles transmitted (unidentified DNA profiles or reference DNA profiles);	(f) the type of DNA profiles transmitted (unidentified DNA profiles or identified DNA profiles);

Amendment  89

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 11 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Automated notification of a match shall only be provided if the automated search or comparison has resulted in a match of a minimum number of loci. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify this minimum number of loci, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	3. Automated notification of a match shall only be provided if the automated search or comparison has resulted in a match of a minimum number of loci. The Commission, after consulting the European Data Protection Board in accordance with Article 42(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, shall adopt implementing acts to specify this minimum number of loci, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2) of this Regulation.

Amendment  90

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 11 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. Member States shall ensure that requests are consistent with declarations sent pursuant to Article 8. Those declarations shall be reproduced in the practical handbook referred to in Article 78.	5. Member States shall ensure that requests are consistent with notifications sent pursuant to Article 72(2a). Those notifications shall be reproduced in the practical handbook referred to in Article 77.

Amendment  91

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 12 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States shall ensure the availability of dactyloscopic reference data from the file for the national automated fingerprint identification systems established for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.	1. Member States shall ensure the availability of dactyloscopic reference data from their national database or databases established for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.

Amendment  92

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 12 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Dactyloscopic reference data shall not contain any data from which an individual can be directly identified.	2. Dactyloscopic reference data shall not contain any additional data from which an individual can be directly identified.

Amendment  93

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 12 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Dactyloscopic reference data which is not attributed to any individual (unidentified dactyloscopic data) shall be recognisable as such.	3. Unidentified dactyloscopic data shall be recognisable as such

Amendment  94

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
For the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences, Member States shall allow national contact points of other Member States and Europol access to the dactyloscopic reference data in the automated fingerprint identification systems which they have established for that purpose, to conduct automated searches by comparing dactyloscopic reference data.	For the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences, Member States shall allow national contact points of other Member States and Europol access to the dactyloscopic reference data in their national databases established for that purpose, to conduct automated searches by comparing dactyloscopic reference data.

Amendment  95

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Searches may be conducted only in individual cases and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State.	Searches shall only be conducted in individual cases, where they are proportionate and necessary for the purposes of preventing, detecting or investigating a criminal offence, and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State.

Amendment  96

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 13 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. The national contact point of the requesting Member State shall confirm a match of dactyloscopic data with dactyloscopic reference data held by the requested Member State following the automated supply of the dactyloscopic reference data required for confirming a match.	2. The national contact point of the requesting Member State shall ensure that a human review by a forensic expert is conducted in order to confirm a match of dactyloscopic data with dactyloscopic reference data held by the requested Member State following the automated supply of the dactyloscopic reference data required for confirming a match.

Amendment  97

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in the case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information in their databases referred to in Article 12 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the other Member States in accordance with Articles 47 and 48;	(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in the case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information in their databases referred to in Article 12 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the other Member States in accordance with Article 47 or to Europol in accordance with Article 50(6);

Amendment  98

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(aa) a reference number allowing Europol, in case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information for the purposes of Article 49(1) of this Regulation in order to supply them or it to one, several or all Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794;

Amendment  99

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 15 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. The digitalisation of dactyloscopic data and their transmission to the other Member States shall be carried out in accordance with a uniform data format. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the uniform data format in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	1. The digitalisation of dactyloscopic data and their transmission to the other Member States or Europol shall be carried out in accordance with a uniform data format. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the uniform data format in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  100

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 15 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Each Member State shall ensure that the dactyloscopic data it transmits are of sufficient quality for a comparison by the automated fingerprint identification systems.	2. Each Member State and Europol shall ensure that the dactyloscopic data it transmits are of sufficient quality for automated comparison.

Amendment  101

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 15 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of dactyloscopic data being sent to other Member States, including their encryption.	3. Member States and Europol shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of dactyloscopic data being sent to other Member States, including their encryption.

Amendment  102

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 15 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the relevant existing standards for dactyloscopic data exchange that are to be used by Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	4. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the relevant existing European or international standards for dactyloscopic data exchange that are to be used by Member States, including the minimum quality standard for the automated comparison of dactyloscopic data. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  103

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Each Member State shall ensure that its search requests do not exceed the search capacities specified by the requested Member State.	Member States and Europol shall ensure that their search requests do not exceed the search capacities specified by the requested Member State.

Amendment  104

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall inform the Commission and eu-LISA in accordance with Article 79(8) and (10) about their maximum search capacities per day for dactyloscopic data of identified persons and for dactyloscopic data of persons not yet identified.	Member States shall inform other Member States, Europol, the Commission and eu-LISA about their maximum search capacities per day for dactyloscopic data of identified persons and for dactyloscopic data of persons not yet identified. Member States may raise those maximum search capacities. Where a Member State raises those maximum search capacities, it shall notify the other Member States, Europol, the Commission and eu-LISA of the new maximum search capacities.

Amendment  105

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) data relating to owners or operators;	(a) data relating to owners or keepers;

Amendment  106

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 18 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	3a. The data referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b), of this Article shall not go beyond the data elements specified in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 19(3).

Amendment  107

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 19 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the data elements of the vehicle registration data to be exchanged. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the data elements of the vehicle registration data which may be exchanged. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  108

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 20 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Each Member State shall keep logs of queries that the staff of its authorities duly authorised to exchange vehicle registration data make as well as logs of queries requested by other Member States. Europol shall keep logs of queries that its duly authorised staff make.	Each Member State shall keep logs of queries that the staff of its competent law enforcement authorities duly authorised to exchange vehicle registration data make as well as logs of queries requested by other Member States. Europol shall keep logs of queries that its duly authorised staff make.

Amendment  109

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 20 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Those logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased one year after their creation. If, however, they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun, they shall be erased once the monitoring procedures no longer require the logs.	Those logs shall be protected by all appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased three years after their creation. If, however, they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun, they shall be erased once the monitoring procedures no longer require the logs.

Amendment  110

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall ensure the availability of facial images from their national databases established for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences. Those data shall only include facial images and the reference number referred to in Article 23, and shall indicate whether the facial images are attributed to an individual or not.	Member States shall ensure the availability of facial images of persons convicted or suspected of having committed a criminal offence collected in accordance with their national law from their national databases established for the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences. Those data shall only include facial images and the reference number referred to in Article 23, and shall indicate whether the facial images are attributed to an individual or not.

Amendment  111

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 21 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States shall not make available in this context any data from which an individual can be directly identified.	Member States shall not make available in this context any additional data from which an individual can be directly identified.

Amendment  112

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 21 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Facial images which are not attributed to any individual (unidentified facial images) must be recognisable as such.	2. Unidentified facial images must be recognisable as such.

Amendment  113

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. For the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences, Member States shall allow national contact points of other Member States and Europol access to facial images stored in their national databases, to conduct automated searches.	1. For the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences, Member States shall allow national contact points of other Member States and Europol access to the facial images stored in their national databases referred to in Article 21(1), to conduct automated searches.

Amendment  114

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Searches may be conducted only in individual cases and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State.	Searches shall only be conducted in individual cases, where they are proportionate and necessary for the purpose of preventing, detecting or investigating a serious criminal offence, and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State. Searches for the purpose of profiling shall be prohibited.

Amendment  115

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 22 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. The requesting Member State shall receive a list composed of matches concerning likely candidates. That Member State shall review the list to determine the existence of a confirmed match.	2. The requesting Member State shall receive a list composed of matches concerning likely candidates. That Member State shall ensure that a human review of the list is conducted by two forensic experts in order to determine the existence of a confirmed match.

Amendment  116

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 22 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. A minimum quality standard shall be established to allow for search and comparison of facial images. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify that minimum quality standard. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 76(2).	deleted

Amendment  117

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information in their databases referred to in Article 21 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the other Member States in accordance with Articles 47 and 48;	(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in case of a match, to retrieve further data and other information in their databases referred to in Article 21 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the other Member States in accordance with Article 47 or Europol in accordance with Article 50(6);

Amendment  118

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 23 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Article 23a
	Principles for the exchange of facial images
	1.  Each Member State and Europol shall ensure that the facial images in their databases are of sufficient quality for the purpose of this Regulation, in particular for automated comparison.
	2.  Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of facial images being sent to other Member States, and Europol of facial images being sent to Member States, including the encryption of such facial images.
	3.  The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the relevant European or international standards for facial image exchange that are to be used by Member States and Europol, including the minimum quality standard for the automated comparison of facial images. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  119

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 25 – title

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Police records	National Police records indexes

 

Amendment  120

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States may decide to participate in the automated exchange of police records. Member States participating in the automated exchange of police records shall ensure the availability of biographical data of suspects and criminals from their national police records indexes established for the investigation of criminal offences. This set of data, if available, shall contain the following data:	1. Member States may decide to participate in the automated exchange of police records indexes. For the purposes of such exchanges, participating Member States shall ensure the availability of national police records indexes which contain sets of biographical data of persons convicted or suspected of having committed a serious criminal offence from their national databases established for the investigation of criminal offences. Those sets of data shall, if applicable and to the extent that they are available, contain only the following data:

Amendment  121

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) alias(es);	(c) alias(es) and previously used name or names;

Amendment  122

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	1a. Member States shall, in accordance with Article 7(2) of Directive (EU) 2016/680, ensure that the data included in the national police records indexes as listed in paragraph 1 of this Article are accurate, complete and up to date.

Amendment  123

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 26 – title

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Automated searching of police records	Automated searching of police records indexes

 

Amendment  124

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. For the investigation of criminal offences, Member States shall allow national contact points of other Member States and Europol access to data from their national police records indexes, to conduct automated searches.	1. For the investigation of criminal offences, Member States participating in the automated exchange of police records indexes shall allow national contact points of other Member States participating in such exchanges and Europol access to data in their national police records indexes, to conduct automated searches.

Amendment  125

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Searches may be conducted only in individual cases and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State.	Searches shall only be conducted in individual cases, where they are proportionate and necessary for the investigation of a serious criminal offence, and in compliance with the national law of the requesting Member State.

Amendment  126

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 26 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. The requesting Member State shall receive the list of matches with an indication of the quality of the matches.	deleted
The requesting Member State shall also be informed about the Member State whose database contains data that resulted in the match.

Amendment  127

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in the case of a match, to retrieve personal data and other information in their indexes referred to in Article 25 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the Member States in accordance with Articles 47 and 48;	(a) a reference number allowing Member States, in the case of a match, to retrieve personal data and other information in their national police records indexes referred to in Article 25 in order to supply it to one, several or all of the Member States in accordance with Article 44;

Amendment  128

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 28 – title

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Rules for requests and answers regarding police records	Rules for requests and answers regarding police records indexes

 

Amendment  129

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 28 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. A request for an automated search shall include only the following information:	1. A request for an automated search of police records indexes shall include only the following information:

Amendment  130

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 28 – paragraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) the police records and their reference numbers referred to in Article 27.	(c) the data referred to in Article 25(1), where available, and pseudonymised in accordance with Article 25(2).

Amendment  131

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 28 – paragraph 2 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) an indication as to whether there were one or more matches or no matches;	(a) an indication as to the number of matches;

Amendment  132

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 29 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Each Member State shall designate a national contact point.	Each Member State shall designate at least one national contact point.

Amendment  133

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 29 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2a.  Member States shall ensure that their national contact points are provided with adequate human, technical and financial resources, including qualified staff, to carry out their tasks under this Regulation in an adequate, effective and rapid manner.

Amendment  134

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 30 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the technical arrangements for the procedures set out in Articles 6, 7, 13, 18, 22 and 26. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the technical arrangements to be made by the Member States with respect to the procedures set out in Articles 6, 7, 13, 18, 22 and 26. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  135

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 31 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Member States and Europol shall observe common technical specifications in connection with all requests and answers related to searches and comparisons of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, vehicle registration data, facial images and police records. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify these technical specifications in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	deleted

Amendment  136

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
National contact points shall immediately inform each other, the Commission, Europol and eu-LISA of technical fault causing unavailability of the automated data exchange.	National contact points shall immediately inform each other, the Commission, Europol and eu-LISA of technical faults causing unavailability of the automated data exchange.

Amendment  137

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 32 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
National contact points shall agree on temporary alternative information exchange arrangements in accordance with the applicable Union law and national legislation.	National contact points shall agree on temporary alternative information exchange arrangements in accordance with the applicable Union and national law to be used in cases where automated data exchange is unavailable.

Amendment  138

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 32 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. National contact points shall re-establish the automated data exchange without delay.	3. Where automated data exchange is unavailable, national contact points shall ensure that it is re-established without delay.

Amendment  139

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 33 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Each Member State shall keep a justification of the queries that its competent authorities make.	1. Each Member State shall keep a justification of the queries that its competent law enforcement authorities make.

Amendment  140

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) the purpose of the query, including a reference to the specific case or investigation;	(a) the purpose of the query, including a reference to the specific case or investigation and the criminal offence, where applicable;

Amendment  141

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) an indication on whether the query concerns a suspect or a perpetrator of a criminal offence;	(b) an indication on whether the query concerns a suspect or a person convicted of a criminal offence, a victim of serious crime or terrorism, a missing person or unidentified human remains;

Amendment  142

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) an indication on whether the query aims to identify an unknown person or obtain more data on a known person.	(c) an indication on whether the query aims to identify a person or obtain more data on a known person.

Amendment  143

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The justifications referred to in paragraph 2 shall only be used for data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security and integrity.	The justifications referred to in paragraph 2 shall only be used for fundamental rights and data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security and integrity.

Amendment  144

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 33 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Those justifications shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased one year after their creation. If, however, they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun, they shall be erased once the monitoring procedures no longer require the justification.	Those justifications shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased three years after their creation. If, however, they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun, they shall be erased once the monitoring procedures no longer require the justification.

Amendment  145

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 33 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. For the purposes of data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, the data controllers shall have access to those justifications for self-monitoring as referred to in Article 56.	4. For the purposes of fundamental rights and data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, the data controllers shall have unrestricted access to those justifications for self-monitoring as referred to in Article 56.

Amendment  146

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 34 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. The universal message format (UMF) standard shall be used in the development of the router referred to in Article 35 and EPRIS.	1. The universal message format (UMF) standard established under Article 38 of Regulation (EU)2019/818 shall be used in the development of the router referred to in Article 35 of this Regulation and EPRIS, to the extent it is applicable.

Amendment  147

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 35 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. A router is established for the purposes of facilitating the establishment of connections between Member States and with Europol for querying with, retrieving and scoring biometric data in accordance with this Regulation.	1. A router is established for the purposes of facilitating the establishment of connections between Member States, and between Member States and Europol, for querying with, retrieving and scoring biometric data and for retrieving alphanumeric data in accordance with this Regulation.

Amendment  148

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) a central infrastructure, including a search tool enabling the simultaneous querying of Member States’ databases referred to in Articles 5, 12 and 21 as well as of Europol data;	(a) a central infrastructure, including a search tool enabling the simultaneous querying of Member States’ databases referred to in Articles 5, 12 and 21 and Europol data;

Amendment  149

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) a secure communication channel between the central infrastructure Member States and Union agencies that are entitled to use the router;	(b) a secure communication channel between the central infrastructure, Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities authorised to use the router in accordance with Article 36, and Europol;

Amendment  150

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 36 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The use of the router shall be reserved to the Member States’ authorities that have access to the exchange of DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data and facial images, and Europol in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/794.	The use of the router shall be reserved to the Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities that are authorised to access and exchange DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data and facial images in accordance with this Regulation, and Europol in accordance with this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/794 where they have a demonstrable need for such access. Member States and Europol shall ensure that their authorised staff have completed relevant training, including on data protection, confidentiality, detection of biases, as well as the accurate review of matches under the relevant data category.

Amendment  151

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 37 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. The router users referred to in Article 36 shall request a query by submitting biometric data to the router. The router shall dispatch the request for a query to the Member States’ databases and Europol data simultaneously with the data submitted by the user and in accordance with their access rights.	1. The competent law enforcement authorities authorised to access the router pursuant to Article 36 shall request a query by submitting biometric data to the router. The router shall dispatch the request for a query to the databases of the requested Member States and Europol data simultaneously with the data submitted by the user in accordance with his or her access rights.

Amendment  152

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 37 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. On receiving the request for a query from the router, each requested Member State and Europol shall launch a query of their databases in an automated manner and without delay.	2. Upon receipt of a request for a query from the router, each requested Member State and Europol shall launch a query of their databases in an automated manner and without delay.

Amendment  153

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 37 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Any matches resulting from the query in each Member States’ databases and Europol data shall be sent back in an automated manner to the router.	3. Any candidates resulting from queries referred to in paragraph 2 shall be sent back in an automated manner to the router. The requesting Member State shall be notified in an automated manner where there is no match.

Amendment  154

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 37 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. The router shall rank the replies in accordance with the score of the correspondence between the biometric data used for querying and the biometric data stored in the Member States’ databases and Europol data.	4. The router shall rank the replies in accordance with the score of the correspondence between the biometric data used for querying and the biometric data supplied by the requested Member States’ databases and Europol data.

Amendment  155

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 37 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. The list of matching biometric data and their scores shall be returned to the router user by the router.	5. The router shall return the list of matching biometric data and their scores to the router user. That list shall be limited to the maximum number of candidates set out in the implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 6.

Amendment  156

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 37 – paragraph 6

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
6. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the technical procedure for the router to query Member States’ databases and Europol data, the format of the router replies and the technical rules for scoring the correspondence between biometric data. These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	6. The Commission, after consulting the European Data Protection Board in accordance with Article 42(2) of Regulation 2018/1725, shall adopt implementing acts to specify the technical procedure for the router to query Member States’ databases and Europol data, the format of the router replies, the technical rules for scoring the correspondence between biometric data and the relevant thresholds, as well as the maximum number of candidates that can be returned per search, with a view to ensuring accuracy, minimising the risk of misidentification and preventing discrimination. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  157

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 38 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The requested Member State shall check the quality of the transmitted data by means of a fully automated procedure.	The requested Member State shall check the quality of the transmitted data by means of an automated procedure.

Amendment  158

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 38 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Should the data be unsuitable for an automated comparison, the requested Member State shall inform the requesting Member State about it via the router without delay.	The requested Member State shall, without delay, inform the requesting Member State via the router where the data are unsuitable for an automated comparison.

Amendment  159

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 39 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. The router users referred to in Article 36 may launch a query to Member States’ databases and Europol data simultaneously with a query to the Common Identity Repository where the relevant conditions under Union law are fulfilled and in accordance with their access rights. For this purpose, the router shall query the Common Identity Repository via the European Search Portal.	1. Where designated authorities are authorised to use the router pursuant to Article 36, they may launch a query to Member States’ databases and Europol data simultaneously with a query to the Common Identity Repository, provided that the relevant conditions under Union law are fulfilled and that the query is launched in accordance with their access rights. For this purpose, the router shall query the Common Identity Repository via the European Search Portal.

Amendment  160

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Only designated authorities defined in Article 4, point 20, of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 4, point 20, of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 may launch these simultaneous queries.	deleted

Amendment  161

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Simultaneous queries of the Member States’ databases and Europol data and the Common Identity Repository may only be launched in cases where it is likely that data on a suspect, perpetrator or victim of a terrorist offence or other serious criminal offences as defined respectively in Article 4, points 21 and 22, of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 4, points 21 and 22, of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 are stored in the Common Identity Repository.	Simultaneous queries of the Member States’ databases and Europol data and the Common Identity Repository may only be launched where there are reasonable grounds to believe that data on a suspect, perpetrator or victim of a terrorist offence or other serious criminal offences as defined respectively in Article 4, points 21 and 22, of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 4, points 21 and 22, of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 are stored in the Common Identity Repository.

Amendment  162

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 40 – title

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Keeping of logs	Keeping of logs of all data processing operations in the router

 

Amendment  163

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 40 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Each Member State shall keep logs of queries that its competent authorities and the staff of those authorities duly authorised to use the router make as well as logs of queries requested by other Member States.	Each Member State shall keep logs of queries that the staff of its competent law enforcement authorities duly authorised to use the router make as well as logs of queries requested by other Member States.

Amendment  164

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 40 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Those logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased one year after their creation. If, however, they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun, they shall be erased once the monitoring procedures no longer require the logs.	Those logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased three years after their creation. If, however, they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun, they shall be erased once the monitoring procedures no longer require the logs.

Amendment  165

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 41 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Where it is technically impossible to use the router to query one or several national databases or Europol data because of a failure of the router, the router users shall be notified in an automated manner by eu-LISA. eu-LISA shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use the router without delay.	1. Where it is technically impossible to use the router to query one or several national databases or Europol data because of a failure of the router, the competent law enforcement authorities referred to in Article 36, and Europol shall be notified in an automated manner by eu-LISA. eu-LISA shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use the router without delay.

Amendment  166

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 41 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Where it is technically impossible to use the router to query one or several national databases or Europol data because of a failure of the national infrastructure in a Member State, that Member State shall notify the other Member States, eu-LISA and the Commission in an automated manner. Member States shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use the router without delay.	2. Where it is technically impossible to use the router to query one or several national databases because of a failure of the national infrastructure in a Member State, that Member State shall notify the other Member States, Europol, eu-LISA and the Commission in an automated manner. The Member State concerned shall take appropriate measures to address the technical impossibility to use the router without delay.

Amendment  167

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 41 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Where it is technically impossible to use the router to query one or several national databases or Europol data because of a failure of the infrastructure of Europol, Europol shall notify the Member States, eu-LISA and the Commission in an automated manner. Europol shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use the router without delay.	3. Where it is technically impossible to use the router to query Europol data because of a failure of the infrastructure of Europol, Europol shall notify the Member States, eu-LISA and the Commission in an automated manner. Europol shall take appropriate measures to address the technical impossibility to use the router without delay.

Amendment  168

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 42 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. For the automated searching of police records referred to in Article 26, Member States and Europol shall use the European Police Records Index System (EPRIS).	1. For the automated searching of national police records indexes referred to in Article 26, Member States and Europol shall use the European Police Records Index System (EPRIS).

Amendment  169

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 43 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. For the purposes of searching police records via EPRIS, the following sets of data shall be used:	1. For the purposes of searching national police records indexes via EPRIS, at least two of the following sets of data shall be used:

Amendment  170

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 43 – paragraph 2 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) alias(es);	(a) alias(es) and previously used name or names;

Amendment  171

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 44 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
EPRIS shall dispatch the request for a query to the Member States’ databases with the data submitted by the requesting Member State and in accordance with this Regulation.	EPRIS shall dispatch the request for a query to the Member States’ national police records indexes with the data submitted by the requesting Member State or Europol and in accordance with this Regulation.

Amendment  172

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 44 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Any matches resulting from the query in each Member State’s database shall be sent back in an automated manner to EPRIS.	3. Any matches resulting from the query in each requested Member State’s police records indexes shall be sent back in an automated manner to EPRIS.

Amendment  173

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 44 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. The list of matches shall be returned to the requesting Member State by EPRIS. The list of matches shall indicate the quality of the match as well as the Member State whose database contains data that resulted in the match.	4. The list of matches shall be returned to the requesting Member State and Europol by EPRIS. The list of matches shall indicate the quality of the match as well as the Member State or States whose database or databases contain data that resulted in the match or matchees.

Amendment  174

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 44 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Upon confirmation, the requested Member State(s) shall share the data referred to in Article 43 where available. This exchange of information shall take place via SIENA.	Upon confirmation, the requested Member State(s) shall share the data referred to in Article 43 where available. This exchange of data shall take place via SIENA.

Amendment  175

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 45 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Each Member State shall keep logs of the requests for queries that its competent authorities and the staff of those authorities duly authorised to use EPRIS make. Europol shall keep logs of requests for queries that its duly authorised staff make.	2. Each participating Member State shall keep logs of the requests for queries that the staff of its competent law enforcement authorities duly authorised to use EPRIS make. Europol shall keep logs of requests for queries that its duly authorised staff make.

Amendment  176

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 45 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Those logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased one year after their creation.	Those logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased three years after their creation.

Amendment  177

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 46 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Where it is technically impossible to use EPRIS to query one or several national databases because of a failure of the infrastructure of Europol, Member States shall be notified in an automated manner by Europol. Europol shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use EPRIS without delay.	1. Where it is technically impossible to use EPRIS to query one or several national police records indexes because of a failure of the infrastructure of Europol, Member States shall be notified in an automated manner by Europol. Europol shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use EPRIS in a timely manner.

Amendment  178

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 46 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Where it is technically impossible to use EPRIS to query one or several national databases because of a failure of the national infrastructure in a Member State, that Member State shall notify Europol and the Commission in an automated manner. Member States shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use EPRIS without delay.	2. Where it is technically impossible to use EPRIS to query one or several national databases because of a failure of the national infrastructure in a Member State, that Member State shall notify Europol and the Commission in an automated manner. Member States shall take measures to address the technical impossibility to use EPRIS in a timely manner.

Amendment  179

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Where the procedures referred to in Articles 6, 7, 13 or 22 show a match between the data used for the search or comparison and data held in the database of the requested Member State(s), and upon confirmation of this match by the requesting Member State, the requested Member State shall return a set of core data via the router within 24 hours. That set of core data, if available, shall contain the following data:	Where the procedures referred to in Article 6, 7, 13 or 22 show a match between the data used for the search or comparison and data held in the database of the requested Member State(s), and upon manual confirmation of this match by qualified staff of the requesting Member State, the requested Member State shall return a set of core data via the router within 24 hours. Where a judicial authorisation is required under national law, the set of core data shall be returned within 72 hours.

Amendment  180

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) first name(s);	deleted

Amendment  181

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) family name(s);	deleted

Amendment  182

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) date of birth;	deleted

Amendment  183

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point d

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(d) nationality or nationalities;	deleted

Amendment  184

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point e

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(e) place and country of birth;	deleted

Amendment  185

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(f) gender.	deleted

Amendment  186

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Where the confirmed match concerns identified data of a person, the set of core data referred to in paragraph 1 shall, to the extent available, contain the following data:
	(a)  first name or names;
	(b)  family name or names;
	(c)  alias or aliases and previously used name or names;
	(d)  date of birth;
	(e)  nationality or nationalities;
	(f)  place and country of birth;
	(g)  gender;
	(h)  the date on which and the place where the biometric data were acquired;
	(i)  the criminal offence for which the biometric data were acquired;
	(j)  the criminal case number;
	(k)  the competent law enforcement authority responsible for the criminal case.

Amendment  187

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Where the confirmed match concerns unidentified data or traces, the set of core data referred to in paragraph 1 shall, to the extent available, contain the following data:
	(a)  the date on which and the place where the biometric data were acquired;
	(b)  the criminal offence for which the biometric data were acquired;
	(c)  the criminal case number;
	(d)  the competent law enforcement authority responsible for the criminal case.

Amendment  188

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	The release of core data by the requested Member State shall be subject to the decision of a human.

Amendment  189

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 47 – paragraph 1 d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	The requested Member State or States shall only refuse to share the core data where:
	(a)  the judicial authorisation required under the national law of the requested Member State was refused;
	(b)  there are objective reasons to believe sharing core data would disproportionately infringe the fundamental rights of the data subject; or
	(c)  there are objective reasons to believe sharing core data would jeopardise the success of an ongoing investigation of a criminal offence.
	The justification for such refusals shall be provided promptly to the requesting Member State and in any event within the time limits provided in paragraph 1.

Amendment  190

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 48

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Article 48	deleted
Use of SIENA
Any exchange which is not explicitly provided for in this Regulation between Member States’ competent authorities or with Europol, at any stage of one of the procedures under this Regulation, shall take place via SIENA.

Amendment  191

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 49 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States shall, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, have access to, and be able to search via the router, biometric data which has been provided to Europol by third countries for the purposes of Article 18(2), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/794.	1. Without prejudice to any restrictions indicated by the provider of the information to Europol in accordance with Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, Member States shall, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, have access to, and be able to search via the router, biometric data which has been provided to Europol by third countries for the purposes of Article 18(2), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2016/794.

Amendment  192

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 49 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Where this procedure results in a match between the data used for the search and Europol data, the follow-up shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794.	2. Where the search referred to in paragraph 1 results in a match between the data used for the search and third-country-sourced data held by Europol, the follow-up shall take place in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794.

Amendment  193

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 50 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Europol shall, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, have access to data, which are stored by Member States in their national databases in accordance with this Regulation.	1. Where necessary to achieve the objectives set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, Europol shall, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794, have access to data which are stored by Member States in their national databases in accordance with this Regulation.

Amendment  194

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 50 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. Europol queries performed with police records as a search criterion shall be carried out using EPRIS.	4. Europol queries performed with biographical data referred to in Article 25 as a search criterion shall be carried out using EPRIS.

Amendment  195

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 50 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
5. Europol shall carry out the searches in accordance with paragraph 1 only when carrying out its tasks referred to in Regulation (EU) 2016/794.	5. Europol shall carry out the searches in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article only for the purpose of Article 18(2), point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, when carrying out its tasks referred to in Regulation (EU) 2016/794.

Amendment  196

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 50 – paragraph 6 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
6. Where the procedures referred to in Articles 6, 7, 13 or 22 show a match between the data used for the search or comparison and data held in the national database of the requested Member State(s), and upon confirmation of that match by Europol, the requested Member State shall decide whether to return a set of core data via the router within 24 hours. That set of core data, if available, shall contain the following data:	6. Where the procedures referred to in Article 6, 7, 13 or 22 show a match between the data used for the search or comparison and data held in the national database of the requested Member State(s), and upon human review of that match by qualified staff of Europol in accordance with this Regulation and the transmission of the name of the third country which provided the data, the requested Member State shall decide whether to return a set of core data via the router within 24 hours. Where a judicial authorisation is required under national law, the core data shall be returned within 72 hours. That set of core data, if available, shall contain the following data:

Amendment  197

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 50 – paragraph 7

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
7. Europol's use of information obtained from a search made in accordance with paragraph 1 and from the exchange of core data in accordance with paragraph 6 shall be subject to the consent of the Member State in which database the match occurred. If the Member State allows the use of such information, its handling by Europol shall be governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/794.	7. Europol's use of information obtained from a search made in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 5, and from the exchange of core data in accordance with paragraph 6, shall be subject to the consent of the Member State in whose database the match occurred. If the Member State allows the use of such information, its handling by Europol shall be governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/794.

Amendment  198

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – title

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Purpose of the data	Purpose of the data processing

 

Amendment  199

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Processing of personal data by the requesting Member State or Europol shall be permitted solely for the purposes for which the data have been supplied by the requested Member State in accordance with this Regulation. Processing for other purposes shall be permitted solely with the prior authorisation of the requested Member State.	1. Processing of personal data received by the requesting Member State or Europol shall be permitted solely for the purposes for which the data have been supplied by the requested Member State in accordance with this Regulation. Without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2016/680 or Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, as applicable, processing for other purposes shall be permitted solely with the prior authorisation of the requested Member State or Europol, as relevant.

Amendment  200

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Processing of data supplied pursuant to Articles 6, 7, 13, 18 or 22 by the searching or comparing Member State shall be permitted solely in order to:	2. Processing of data supplied pursuant to Article 6, 7, 13, 18, 22 or 26 by the requesting Member State or Europol shall be permitted solely where necessary in order to:

Amendment  201

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(aa) exchange a set of core data pursuant to Article 47;

Amendment  202

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) prepare and submit a police request for legal assistance if those data match;	(b) prepare and submit a police or judicial request for legal assistance if those data match;

Amendment  203

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 2 – point c

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(c) logging within the meaning of Articles 40 and 45.	(c) logging within the meaning of Articles 20, 40 and 45.

Amendment  204

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. The requesting Member State may process the data supplied to it in accordance with Articles 6, 7, 13 or 22 solely where this is necessary for the purposes of this Regulation. The supplied data shall be deleted immediately following data comparison or automated replies to searches unless further processing is necessary by the requesting Member State for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.	3. The personal data received by the requesting Member State or Europol shall be deleted immediately following data comparison or automated replies to searches unless further processing by the requesting Member State is strictly necessary and proportionate for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.

Amendment  205

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. Data supplied in accordance with Article 18 may be used by the requesting Member State solely where this is necessary for the purposes of this Regulation. The data supplied shall be deleted immediately following automated replies to searches unless further processing is necessary for recording pursuant to Article 20. The requesting Member State shall use the data received in a reply solely for the procedure for which the search was made.	4. Data supplied in accordance with Article 18 may be used by the requesting Member State solely where this is strictly necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes of this Regulation. The data supplied shall be deleted immediately following automated replies to searches unless further processing is necessary for recording pursuant to Article 20. The requesting Member State shall use the data received in a reply solely for the procedure for which the search was made.

Amendment  206

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 4 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	4a. Prior to connecting their national databases to the router, EPRIS or Eucaris, Member States shall conduct a data protection impact assessment as referred to in Article 27 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 and consult the supervisory authority as referred to in Article 28 of that Directive. The supervisory authority may use any of its powers referred to in Article 47 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 28 of that Directive.

Amendment  207

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 4 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	4b. Member States shall ensure that data subjects are provided with information pursuant to Article 13 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 to allow them to exercise their rights.

Amendment  208

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 51 – paragraph 4 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	4c. The European Data Protection Board shall issue guidelines on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/680 concerning the criminal databases and cross-border exchanges of personal data, in particular concerning accuracy, strict necessity and how to ensure respect for the right to data protection.

Amendment  209

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 52 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States shall ensure the accuracy and current relevance of personal data. Should a requested Member State become aware that incorrect data or data which should not have been supplied have been supplied, this shall be notified without delay to any requesting Member State. All requesting Member States concerned shall be obliged to correct or delete the data accordingly. Moreover, personal data supplied shall be corrected if they are found to be incorrect. If the requesting Member State has reason to believe that the supplied data are incorrect or should be deleted the requested Member State shall be informed.	1. Member States and Europol shall ensure the accuracy and current relevance of personal data which are processed pursuant to this Regulation. Should a requested Member State or Europol become aware that data that are incorrect or no longer up to date or data which should not have been supplied have been supplied, this shall be notified without delay to any requesting Member State. All requesting Member States concerned shall be obliged to correct or delete the data accordingly without delay. Moreover, personal data supplied shall be corrected if they are found to be incorrect. If the requesting Member State or Europol has reason to believe that the supplied data are incorrect or should be deleted the requested Member State shall be informed without delay.

Amendment  210

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 52 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Member States and Europol shall put in place appropriate measures for updating their databases, including as regards acquittals of persons whose personal data are in the databases.

Amendment  211

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 52 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Where a data subject contested the accuracy of data in possession of a Member State, where the accuracy cannot be reliably established by the Member State concerned and where it is requested by the data subject, the data concerned shall be marked with a flag. Where such a flag exists, Member States may remove it only with the permission of the data subject or based on a decision of the competent court or independent data protection authority.	2. Where a data subject contested the accuracy of data in possession of a Member State or Europol, where the accuracy cannot be reliably established by the Member State concerned or Europol and where it is requested by the data subject, the data concerned shall be marked with a flag. Where such a flag exists, Member States or Europol may remove it only with the permission of the data subject or based on a decision of the competent court or national supervisory authority or the European Data Protection Supervisor, as relevant.

Amendment  212

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) following the expiry of the maximum period for keeping data laid down under the national law of the requested Member State where the requested Member State informed the requesting Member State of that maximum period at the time of supplying the data.	(b) following the expiry of the maximum period for keeping data laid down under the national law of the requested Member State where the requested Member State or Europol informed the requesting Member State of that maximum period at the time of supplying the data;

Amendment  213

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(ba) following the expiry of the maximum period for keeping data laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/794.

Amendment  214

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Where there is reason to believe that the deletion of data would prejudice the interests of the data subject, the data shall be blocked instead of being deleted. Blocked data may be supplied or used solely for the purpose which prevented their deletion.	Where there is reason to believe that the deletion of data would prejudice the interests of the data subject, the data shall be restricted instead of being deleted. Restricted data shall be processed solely for the purpose which prevented their deletion.

Amendment  215

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 53 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2a. Member States shall be the processors for the processing of personal data via Eucaris.

Amendment  216

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 54 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Europol, eu-LISA and Member States’ authorities shall ensure the security of the processing of personal data that takes place pursuant to this Regulation. Europol, eu-LISA and Member States’ authorities shall cooperate on security-related tasks.	1. Europol, eu-LISA and Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities shall ensure the security of the processing of personal data that takes place pursuant to this Regulation. Europol, eu-LISA and Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities shall cooperate on security-related tasks.

Amendment  217

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 54 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Without prejudice to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, eu-LISA and Europol shall take the necessary measures to ensure the security of the router and EPRIS respectively as well as their related communication infrastructure.	2. Without prejudice to Article 91 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, eu-LISA and Europol shall take the necessary measures to ensure the security of the router and EPRIS respectively as well as their related communication infrastructure.

Amendment  218

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 55 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Security incidents shall be managed so as to ensure a quick, effective and proper response.	2. Security incidents shall be managed in close cooperation between the Member States concerned or Europol and eu-LISA, as relevant, so as to ensure a quick, effective and proper response.

Amendment  219

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Without prejudice to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, Europol shall notify CERT-EU of significant cyber threats, significant vulnerabilities and significant incidents without undue delay and in any event no later than 24 hours after becoming aware of them. Actionable and appropriate technical details of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and incidents that enable proactive detection, incident response or mitigating measures shall be disclosed to CERT-EU without undue delay.	Without prejudice to Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794 and Article 92 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, Europol shall notify CERT-EU of significant cyber threats, significant vulnerabilities and significant incidents without undue delay and in any event no later than 24 hours after becoming aware of them. Actionable and appropriate technical details of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and incidents that enable proactive detection, incident response or mitigating measures shall be disclosed to CERT-EU without undue delay.

Amendment  220

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 55 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
In the event of a security incident in relation to the central infrastructure of the router, eu-LISA shall notify CERT-EU of significant cyber threats, significant vulnerabilities and significant incidents without undue delay and in any event no later than 24 hours after becoming aware of them. Actionable and appropriate technical details of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and incidents that enable proactive detection, incident response or mitigating measures shall be disclosed to CERT-EU without undue delay.	In the event of a security incident in relation to the central infrastructure of the router and without prejudice to Article 92 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, eu-LISA shall notify CERT-EU of significant cyber threats, significant vulnerabilities and significant incidents without undue delay and in any event no later than 24 hours after becoming aware of them. Actionable and appropriate technical details of cyber threats, vulnerabilities and incidents that enable proactive detection, incident response or mitigating measures shall be disclosed to CERT-EU without undue delay.

Amendment  221

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 55 – paragraph 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	5a. This Article is without prejudice to the reporting obligations pursuant to Articles 92 and 93 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 and Articles 30 and 31 of Directive (EU) 2016/680.

Amendment  222

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 56 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States and the relevant Union agencies shall ensure that each authority entitled to use Prüm II takes the measures necessary to monitor its compliance with this Regulation and cooperates, where necessary, with the supervisory authority.	1. Member States shall ensure that each authority entitled to use Prüm II takes the measures necessary to monitor its compliance with this Regulation and cooperates, where necessary, with the supervisory authority. Europol shall take the measures necessary to monitor its compliance with this Regulation and shall cooperate, where necessary, with the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Amendment  223

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 56 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. The data controllers shall take the necessary measures to monitor the compliance of data processing pursuant to this Regulation, including through frequent verification of the logs referred to in Articles 40 and 45, and cooperate, where necessary, with the supervisory authorities and with the European Data Protection Supervisor.	2. The data controllers shall implement the necessary technical and organisational measures to ensure effective supervision and monitor the compliance of data processing pursuant to this Regulation, including through frequent verification of the logs referred to in Articles 20, 40 and 45 concerning the admissibility of queries, the lawfulness of data processing and data security and integrity, and cooperate, where necessary and as appropriate, with the supervisory authorities and with the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Amendment  224

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 56 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2a. The data controllers and Europol shall be provided with adequate human, financial and technical resources to fulfil their tasks pursuant to this Article.

Amendment  225

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 58 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
If any failure of a Member State to comply with its obligations under this Regulation causes damage to the router or EPRIS, that Member State shall be liable for such damage, unless and insofar as eu-LISA, Europol or another Member State bound by this Regulation failed to take reasonable measures to prevent the damage from occurring or to minimise its impact.	If any failure of a Member State to comply with its obligations under this Regulation causes damage to the router or EPRIS, that Member State shall be liable for such damage, unless and in so far as eu-LISA, Europol or another Member State bound by this Regulation failed to take reasonable measures to prevent the damage from occurring or to minimise the impact.

Amendment  226

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 59 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. eu-LISA and Europol shall supply information requested by the European Data Protection Supervisor to it, grant the European Data Protection Supervisor access to all the documents it requests and to their logs referred to in Articles 40 and 45 and allow the European Data Protection Supervisor access to all their premises at any time.	2. Without prejudice to Article 43(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, eu-LISA and Europol shall supply information requested by the European Data Protection Supervisor to it, grant the European Data Protection Supervisor access to all the documents it requests and to their logs referred to in Articles 40 and 45 and allow the European Data Protection Supervisor access to all their premises at any time. This paragraph is without prejudice to the powers of the European Data Protection Supervisor pursuant to Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.

Amendment  227

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 59 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2a. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall be provided with the staff and financial resources necessary to carry out the audits referred to in paragraph 1.

Amendment  228

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 60 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. The supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor shall, each acting within the scope of their respective competences, cooperate actively within the framework of their respective responsibilities and ensure coordinated supervision of the application of this Regulation, in particular if the European Data Protection Supervisor or a supervisory authority finds major discrepancies between practices of Member States or finds potentially unlawful transfers using the Prüm II communication channels.	1. The supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor shall, each acting within the scope of their respective competences, cooperate actively within the framework of their respective responsibilities to ensure the coordinated supervision of the application of this Regulation, in particular if the European Data Protection Supervisor or a supervisory authority finds major discrepancies between practices of Member States or finds potentially unlawful transfers using the Prüm II communication channels.

Amendment  229

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 60 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. The European Data Protection Board shall send a joint report of its activities under this Article to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission, to Europol and to eu-LISA by [2 years after entry into operation of the router and EPRIS] and every two years thereafter. That report shall include a chapter on each Member State prepared by the supervisory authority of the Member State concerned.	3. The European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Data Protection Board shall send a joint report of its activities under this Article to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission, to Europol and to eu-LISA by 2 years after entry into operation of the router and EPRIS and every two years thereafter. That report shall include a chapter on each Member State prepared by the supervisory authority of the Member State concerned.

Amendment  230

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 61 – title

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Communication of personal data to third countries and international organisations	Transfer of personal data to third countries and international organisations

Amendment  231

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 61 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Data processed in accordance with this Regulation shall not be transferred or made available to third countries or to international organisations in an automated manner.	A requesting Member State shall transfer personal data it has obtained in accordance with this Regulation to a third country or an international organisation only in accordance with Chapter V of Directive (EU) 2016/680 and where the requested Member State has granted its authorisation prior to the transfer.

Amendment  232

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 61 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Europol shall transfer personal any data it has obtained in accordance with this Regulation to a third country or an international organisation only where the conditions laid down in Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794 are fulfilled and the requested Member State has granted its authorisation prior to the transfer.

Amendment  233

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 61 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	Article 61 a
	Relation to other legal acts on data protection
	Any processing of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation shall be carried out in compliance with this Chapter and with Directive (EU) 2016/680, Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 or Regulation (EU) 2016/794, as applicable.

Amendment  234

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point g

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(g) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff of the competent national authorities to the router in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;	(g) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff of the competent national law enforcement authorities to the router in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;

Amendment  235

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point h

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(h) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff of the competent national authorities to EPRIS in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;	(h) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff of the competent national law enforcement authorities to EPRIS in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;

Amendment  236

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point i

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(i) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff of the competent national authorities to Eucaris in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;	(i) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff of the competent national law enforcement authorities to Eucaris in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;

Amendment  237

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point j

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(j) the manual confirmation of a match as referred to in Article 6(3), Article 7(3), Article 13(2), Article 22(2) and Article 26(2);	(j) the human confirmation by qualified staff of a match as referred to in Article 6(3), Article 7(3), Article 13(2) and Article 22(2);

Amendment  238

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point m

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(m) deleting any data received from a requested Member State within 48 hours following the notification from the requested Member State that the personal data submitted was incorrect, no longer up-to-date or was unlawfully transmitted.	(m) correcting, updating or deleting any data received from a requested Member State within 24 hours following the notification from the requested Member State that the personal data submitted was incorrect, is no longer up-to-date or was unlawfully transmitted.

Amendment  239

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 62 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. Each Member State shall be responsible for connecting their competent national authorities to the router, EPRIS and Eucaris.	2. Each Member State shall be responsible for connecting their competent national law enforcement authorities to the router, EPRIS and Eucaris.

Amendment  240

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 63 – paragraph 3 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	3a. Without prejudice to Article 26(6c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794 and Europol’s searches pursuant to Article 50(4) of this Regulation, Europol shall not have access to any of the personal data processed through EPRIS.

Amendment  241

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 65 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The router shall be developed and managed in such a way as to ensure fast, efficient and controlled access, full and uninterrupted availability of the router, and a response time in line with the operational needs of the competent authorities of the Member States and Europol.	The router shall be developed and managed in such a way as to ensure fast, efficient and controlled access, full and uninterrupted availability of the router, and a response time in line with the operational needs of the competent law enforcement authorities of the Member States and Europol.

Amendment  242

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 65 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	eu-LISA shall make publicly available information on technology supplied by private parties, including the supplier, for the purposes of its tasks referred to in paragraph 1.

Amendment  243

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1726

Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point ee a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(2a)  in Article 19(1), the following point is added after point (ee):
	‘(eea) adopt the reports on the state of play of the development of the router referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) ../.. of the European Parliament and of the Council [2021/0410(COD)] pursuant to Article 78(2) of that Regulation;’

Amendment  244

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1726

Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point ff

Present text	Amendment
	(2b) in Article 19(1), point (ff) is replaced by the following:
(ff) adopt the reports on the technical functioning of SIS II pursuant to Article 50(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Article 66(4) of Decision 2007/533/JHA respectively, of the VIS pursuant to Article 50(3) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Article 17(3) of Decision 2008/633/JHA, of the EES pursuant to Article 72(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and of ETIAS pursuant to Article 92(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240;	‘(ff)  adopt the reports on the technical functioning of SIS II pursuant to Article 50(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Article 66(4) of Decision 2007/533/JHA respectively, of the VIS pursuant to Article 50(3) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Article 17(3) of Decision 2008/633/JHA, of the EES pursuant to Article 72(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, of ETIAS pursuant to Article 92(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 and of the router referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) ../.. [2021/0410(COD)] pursuant to Article 78(5) of that Regulation (EU) ../...;

Amendment  245

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 67 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1726

Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point hh

Present text	Amendment
	(2c) in Article 19(1), point (hh) is replaced by the following:
(hh) adopt formal comments on the European Data Protection Supervisor’s reports on the audits carried out pursuant to Article 45(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006, Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Article 31(2) of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, Article 56(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 and Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 and ensure appropriate follow-up of those audits;	‘(hh)  adopt formal comments on the European Data Protection Supervisor’s reports on its audits carried out pursuant to Article 56(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861, Article 42(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Article 31(2) of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, Article 56(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Article 67 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/816, Article 52 of Regulations (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 and Article 59(1) of Regulation (EU) ../.. [2021/0410(COD)] and ensure appropriate follow-up of those audits;”

Amendment  246

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) 2019/818

Article 39 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. A central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS) is established for the purposes of supporting the objectives of the SIS, Eurodac, ECRIS-TCN, in accordance with the respective legal instruments governing those systems, and to provide cross-system statistical data and analytical reporting for policy, operational and data quality purposes. The CRRS shall also support the objectives of Prüm II.”	1. A central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS) is established for the purposes of supporting the objectives of the SIS, Eurodac, ECRIS-TCN, in accordance with the respective legal instruments governing those systems, and to provide cross-system statistical data and analytical reporting for policy, operational and data quality purposes. The CRRS shall also support the objectives of Regulation (EU) … /… of the European Parliament and of the Council* [2021/0410(COD)]..”

Amendment  247

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) 2019/818

Article 39 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
“2. eu-LISA shall establish, implement and host in its technical sites the CRRS containing the data and statistics referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 and Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 logically separated by EU information system. eu-LISA shall also collect the data and statistics from the router referred to in Article 65(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… * [this Regulation ]. Access to the CRRS shall be granted by means of controlled, secured access and specific user profiles, solely for the purpose of reporting and statistics, to the authorities referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862, Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 and Article 65(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… * [this Regulation ].”	“2. eu-LISA shall establish, implement and host in its technical sites the CRRS containing the data and statistics referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 and Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 logically separated by EU information system. eu-LISA shall also collect the data and statistics from the router referred to in Article 70(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… * [this Regulation ]. Access to the CRRS shall be granted by means of controlled, secured access and specific user profiles, solely for the purpose of reporting and statistics, to the authorities referred to in Article 74 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862, Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 and Article 64(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… * [this Regulation ].”

Amendment  248

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The duly authorised staff of the competent authorities of Member States, the Commission, Europol and eu-LISA shall have access to consult the following data related to the router, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics:	The duly authorised staff of the competent law enforcement authorities of Member States, the Commission, Europol and eu-LISA shall have access to the following data related to the router, as relevant, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics:

Amendment  249

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) number of queries per Member State and by Europol;	(a) number of queries per Member State and by Europol, per category of data;

Amendment  250

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) number of queries per category of data;	deleted

Amendment  251

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(f) number of confirmed matches where there were exchanges of core data; and	(f) number of confirmed matches where there were exchanges of core data;

Amendment  252

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(f a) number of confirmed matches where there were no exchanges of core data;

Amendment  253

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	(f b) number of unconfirmed matches; and

Amendment  254

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
It shall not be possible to identify individuals from the data.	The data shall be aggregated. It shall not be possible to identify individuals from the data.

Amendment  255

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The duly authorised staff of the competent authorities of Member States, Europol and the Commission shall have access to consult the following data related to Eucaris, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics:	The duly authorised staff of the competent law enforcement authorities of Member States, Europol and the Commission shall have access to consult the following data related to Eucaris, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics:

Amendment  256

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
It shall not be possible to identify individuals from the data.	The data shall be aggregated. It shall not be possible to identify individuals from the data

Amendment  257

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The duly authorised staff of the competent authorities of Member States, the Commission and Europol shall have access to consult the following data related to EPRIS, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics:	The duly authorised staff of the competent law enforcement authorities of Member States, the Commission and Europol shall have access to consult the following data related to EPRIS, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics:

Amendment  258

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
eu-LISA shall store the data referred to in those paragraphs.	eu-LISA shall store the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in the central repository for reporting and statistics established pursuant to Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818.

Amendment  259

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 70 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The data shall allow the authorities referred to in paragraph 1 to obtain customisable reports and statistics to enhance the efficiency of law enforcement cooperation.	The data shall allow the competent law enforcement authorities of the Member States, Europol, eu-LISA and the Commission to obtain customisable reports and statistics to enhance the efficiency of law enforcement cooperation.

Amendment  260

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 72 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. Member States shall notify eu-LISA of the authorities referred to in Article 36, which may use or have access to the router.	1. Member States shall notify eu-LISA of the competent law enforcement authorities referred to in Article 36, which may use or have access to the router.

Amendment  261

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 72 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2a. Each Member State shall notify the other Member States, the Commission, eu-LISA and Europol of the content of its national DNA databases to which Articles 5, 6 and 7 apply.

Amendment  262

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 72 – paragraph 2 b (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2b. Each Member States shall inform the other Member States, the Commission, eu-LISA and Europol of the content of its national dactyloscopic databases to which Articles 12 and 13 apply.

Amendment  263

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 72 – paragraph 2 c (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2c. Each Member States shall inform the other Member States, the Commission, eu-LISA and Europol of the content of its national facial images databases to which Articles 21 and 22 apply.

Amendment  264

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 72 – paragraph 2 d (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	2d. Member States participating in automated exchanges of police records pursuant to Articles 25 and 26 shall notify the other Member States, the Commission and Europol of the content of its national police records indexes, the national databases used for the establishment of those indexes and the conditions for automated searches.

Amendment  265

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 72 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
3. Member States shall notify the Commission, Europol and eu-LISA of the national contact points.	3. Member States shall notify the Commission, Europol and eu-LISA of their national contact point designated pursuant to Article 29. The Commission shall compile a list of the national contact points of which it has been notified and make it available to all Member States.

Amendment  266

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. The Commission shall determine the date from which the Member States and the Union agencies may start using router by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met:	1. The Commission shall determine the date from which the Member States and Europol may start using the router by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met:

Amendment  267

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) the measures referred to in Article 37(6) have been adopted;	(a) the measures referred to in Article 5(2c), Article 10(3), Article 15(4), Article 19(3), Article 23a(3), Article 30 and Article 37(6) have been adopted;

Amendment  268

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) eu-LISA has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the router, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States authorities’ and Europol.	(b) eu-LISA has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the router, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities and Europol.

Amendment  269

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
In that implementing act the Commission shall also determine the date from which the Member States and the Union agencies must start using router. That date shall be one year after the date determined in accordance with the first subparagraph.	In that implementing act the Commission shall also determine the date from which the Member States and Europol shall start using the router. That date shall be one year after the date determined in accordance with the first subparagraph.

Amendment  270

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The Commission may postpone the date from which the Member States and the Union agencies must start using router by one year at most where an assessment of the implementation of the router has shown that such a postponement is necessary. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).	The Commission may postpone the date from which the Member States and the Union agencies are to start using the router by one year at most where an assessment of the implementation of the router has shown that such a postponement is necessary.

Amendment  271

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
2. The Commission shall determine the date from which the Member States and the Union agencies are to start using EPRIS by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met:	2. The Commission shall determine the date from which the Member States and Europol are to start using EPRIS by means of an implementing act once the following conditions have been met:

Amendment  272

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 2 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of EPRIS, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ authorities.	(b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of EPRIS, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities.

Amendment  273

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 3 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the connection, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States authorities’ and eu-LISA.	(b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the connection, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States competent law enforcement authorities’ and eu-LISA.

Amendment  274

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 4 – point b

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the connection, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States authorities’ and eu-LISA.	(b) Europol has declared the successful completion of a comprehensive test of the connection, which it has conducted in cooperation with the Member States’ competent law enforcement authorities and eu-LISA.

Amendment  275

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 73 – paragraph 4 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	4a. The implementing acts referred to in this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 75(2).

Amendment  276

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 77 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
The Commission shall, in close cooperation with the Member States, Europol and eu-LISA, make available a practical handbook for the implementation and management of this Regulation. The practical handbook shall provide technical and operational guidelines, recommendations and best practices. The Commission shall adopt the practical handbook in the form of a recommendation.	The Commission shall, in close cooperation with the Member States, Europol, eu-LISA, the European Data Protection Board, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights make available a practical handbook for the implementation and management of this Regulation. The practical handbook shall provide technical and operational guidelines, recommendations and best practices. The Commission shall adopt the practical handbook in the form of a recommendation by ... [six months after entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall regularly and where necessary update the practical handbook.

Amendment  277

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
1. eu-LISA and Europol shall, respectively, ensure that procedures are in place to monitor the development of the router and of EPRIS in light of objectives relating to planning and costs and to monitor the functioning of the router and of EPRIS in light of objectives relating to the technical output, cost-effectiveness, security and quality of service.	1. eu-LISA and Europol shall, respectively, ensure that procedures are in place to monitor the development of the router and of EPRIS in light of objectives relating to planning and costs and to monitor their functioning in light of objectives relating to the technical output, cost-effectiveness, security and quality of service.

Amendment  278

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
By [one year after entry into force of this Regulation] and every year thereafter during the development phase of the router, eu-LISA shall respectively submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the state of play of the development of the router. That report shall contain detailed information about the costs incurred and information as to any risks which may impact the overall costs to be borne by the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 72.	By [one year after entry into force of this Regulation] and every year thereafter during the development phase of the router, eu-LISA shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the state of play of the development of the router. That report shall contain detailed information about the costs incurred and information as to any risks which may impact the overall costs to be borne by the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 71.

Amendment  279

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
By [one year after entry into force of this Regulation] and every year thereafter during the development phase of EPRIS, Europol shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the state of preparation for the implementation of this Regulation and on the state of play of the development of EPRIS including detailed information about the costs incurred and information as to any risks which may impact the overall costs to be borne by the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 72.	By [one year after entry into force of this Regulation] and every year thereafter during the development phase of EPRIS, Europol shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the state of play of the development of EPRIS including detailed information about the costs incurred and information as to any risks which may impact the overall costs to be borne by the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 71.

Amendment  280

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
4. For the purposes of technical maintenance, eu-LISA and Europol shall have access to the necessary information relating to the data processing operations performed in the router and EPRIS respectively.	4. For the purposes of technical maintenance, eu-LISA and Europol shall have access to the necessary information relating to the data processing operations performed in the router and EPRIS respectively. That access shall exclude access to any personal data.

Amendment  281

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
Three years after the start of operations of the router and EPRIS as referred to in Article 74 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall produce an overall evaluation of Prüm II, including:	Two years after the start of operations of the router and EPRIS as referred to in Article 73 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall produce an overall evaluation of Prüm II, including:

Amendment  282

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point a

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
(a) an assessment of the application of this Regulation;	(a) an assessment of the application of this Regulation for each Member State and Europol;

Amendment  283

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
	The Commission shall pay due attention to any Member State subject to a procedure referred to in Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union

Amendment  284

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 8

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
8. The Member States and Europol shall provide eu-LISA and the Commission with the information necessary to draft the reports referred to in paragraphs 2 and 5. This information shall not jeopardise working methods or include information that reveals sources, staff members or investigations of the designated authorities.	8. The Member States and Europol shall provide eu-LISA and the Commission with the information necessary to draft the reports referred to in paragraphs 2 and 5. This information shall not jeopardise working methods or include information that reveals sources, staff members or investigations of the competent law enforcement authorities.

Amendment  285

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 9

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
9. The Member States shall provide Europol and the Commission with the information necessary to draft the reports referred to in paragraphs 3 and 6. This information shall not jeopardise working methods or include information that reveals sources, staff members or investigations of the designated authorities.	9. The Member States shall provide Europol and the Commission with the information necessary to draft the reports referred to in paragraphs 3 and 6. This information shall not jeopardise working methods or include information that reveals sources, staff members or investigations of the competent law enforcement authorities.

Amendment  286

 

Proposal for a regulation

Article 78 – paragraph 10

Text proposed by the Commission	Amendment
10. Member States, eu-LISA and Europol shall provide the Commission with the information necessary to produce the evaluations referred to in paragraph 7. Member States shall also provide the Commission with the number of confirmed matches against each Member State’s database per category of data.	10. Without prejudice to confidentiality requirements and the protection of ongoing investigations, Member States, eu-LISA and Europol shall provide the Commission with the information necessary to produce the evaluations referred to in paragraph 7. Member States shall also provide the Commission with the number of confirmed matches against each Member State’s database per category of data.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title	Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council
References	COM(2021)0784 – C9-0455/2021 – 2021/0410(COD)
Date submitted to Parliament	9.12.2021
Committee responsible  Date announced in plenary	LIBE 27.1.2022
Committees asked for opinions  Date announced in plenary	BUDG 27.1.2022
Not delivering opinions  Date of decision	BUDG 13.1.2022
Rapporteurs  Date appointed	Paulo Rangel 31.3.2022
Discussed in committee	10.10.2022
Date adopted	23.5.2023
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	42 10 1
Members present for the final vote	Abir Al-Sahlani, Malik Azmani, Pietro Bartolo, Malin Björk, Vasile Blaga, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Patrick Breyer, Saskia Bricmont, Annika Bruna, Damien Carême, Clare Daly, Lena Düpont, Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Laura Ferrara, Nicolaus Fest, Andrzej Halicki, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Patryk Jaki, Marina Kaljurand, Assita Kanko, Moritz Körner, Alice Kuhnke, Jeroen Lenaers, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Nuno Melo, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Emil Radev, Paulo Rangel, Isabel Santos, Birgit Sippel, Sara Skyttedal, Vincenzo Sofo, Tineke Strik, Ramona Strugariu, Tomas Tobé, Milan Uhrík, Tom Vandendriessche, Elena Yoncheva
Substitutes present for the final vote	Susanna Ceccardi, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Loucas Fourlas, José Gusmão, Alessandra Mussolini, Matjaž Nemec, Carina Ohlsson, Thijs Reuten, Paul Tang, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Loránt Vincze, Tomáš Zdechovský
Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote	Marie Dauchy, Vlad Gheorghe
Date tabled	26.5.2023

 

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

42	+
ECR	Patryk Jaki, Assita Kanko, Vincenzo Sofo
ID	Annika Bruna, Susanna Ceccardi, Marie Dauchy, Tom Vandendriessche
NI	Laura Ferrara
PPE	Vasile Blaga, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Lena Düpont, Loucas Fourlas, Andrzej Halicki, Jeroen Lenaers, Nuno Melo, Alessandra Mussolini, Emil Radev, Paulo Rangel, Sara Skyttedal, Tomas Tobé, Loránt Vincze, Tomáš Zdechovský
Renew	Abir Al-Sahlani, Malik Azmani, Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Vlad Gheorghe, Sophia in 't Veld, Moritz Körner, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Ramona Strugariu, Róża Thun und Hohenstein
S&D	Pietro Bartolo, Marina Kaljurand, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Matjaž Nemec, Carina Ohlsson, Thijs Reuten, Isabel Santos, Birgit Sippel, Paul Tang, Elena Yoncheva

 

10	-
NI	Milan Uhrík
The Left	Malin Björk, Clare Daly, José Gusmão
Verts/ALE	Patrick Breyer, Saskia Bricmont, Damien Carême, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Alice Kuhnke, Tineke Strik

 

1	0
ID	Nicolaus Fest

 

Key to symbols:

+ : in favour

- : against

0 : abstention