Commission Implementing Decision of 1 July 2011 amending the SIRENE Manual (notified under document C(2011) 4574) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2011/406/EU)

2.10. SIRPIT (SIRENE Picture Transfer) U.K.

2.10.1. Development and background of SIRPIT (SIRENE Picture Transfer) U.K.

SIRENE bureaux should be able to exchange fingerprints and pictures for identification purposes.

The SIRPIT Procedure makes it possible, when there is some doubt about the identity of a discovered person, to exchange pictures and fingerprints quickly and electronically between SIRENE bureaux, so that a comparison can be made between the fingerprints and pictures of the discovered person and those of the person regarding whom an alert was issued.

2.10.2. Use of the data exchanged, including archiving U.K.

Limitations on the use of data provided for in Articles 95 to 100 are set out in the Schengen Convention. Any use of pictures and fingerprints exchanged via SIRPIT, including archiving, shall comply with the relevant provisions of the Schengen Convention, applicable national provisions on data protection, in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC, Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA and the Convention 108 of the Council of Europe as appropriate.

2.10.3. Technical requirements U.K.

Every SIRENE bureau should fulfil the SIRPIT technical requirements.

The SIRENE bureau shall be able to, on the one hand, electronically exchange requests for comparison or verification and the results thereof and, on the other hand, send their requests electronically (without changes) to and receive results from their national identification service.

In SIRPIT, fingerprints and pictures are sent in an attachment on an input screen specially designed for this purpose.

2.10.4. The national identification service U.K.

The national identification service only receives requests from and sends results to its own national SIRENE bureau.

2.10.5. Use of the SIRENE L form U.K.

The transmission (request for and result of a comparison) via SIRPIT shall be announced by sending an L form through the usual channel used for all SIRENE forms. L forms shall be sent at the same time as fingerprints and/or pictures.

2.10.6. SIRPIT procedure U.K.

The SIRENE bureau of the country in which the person was discovered is known hereafter as ‘the discovering SIRENE’.

The SIRENE bureau of the country, which has introduced the alert into the SIS, is known hereafter as ‘the providing SIRENE bureau’.

The procedure allows for two possibilities:

2.10.6.1. The discovering SIRENE bureau makes the comparison U.K.

(a) The discovering SIRENE bureau sends a G form through the usual electronic path and asks, in field 089, the providing SIRENE bureau to send an L form as soon as possible, as well as the fingerprints and pictures, if these are available. U.K.

(b) The providing SIRENE bureau replies in an L form. If the fingerprints and pictures are available, the providing SIRENE bureau mentions in field 083 that fingerprints and/or pictures are sent in order to make the comparison. U.K.

(c) The discovering SIRENE bureau sends the fingerprints and pictures to its national identification service for comparison, and asks for the result through the same path. U.K.

(d) The discovering SIRENE bureau provides the result in an L form (in field 083) to the providing SIRENE bureau. U.K.

2.10.6.2. The providing SIRENE bureau makes the comparison U.K.

(a) The discovering SIRENE bureau sends a G form and an L form through the usual electronic path and mentions in field 083 of the L form that the fingerprints and pictures are being sent for comparison. U.K.

(b) The providing SIRENE bureau sends the fingerprints and pictures that it has received to its national identification service for comparison and asks for the result through the same path. U.K.

(c) The providing SIRENE bureau provides the result in an L form (in field 083) to the discovering SIRENE bureau. U.K.

After comparison, the fingerprints and pictures of a reported person may be kept in the file by the discovering SIRENE bureau in case further comparisons are required, in accordance with Article 112A of the Schengen Convention.

The fingerprints and pictures of a person not matching the data of the reported person which have been exchanged via SIRPIT shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Schengen Convention applicable national provisions on data protection in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC, Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA and Convention 108 of the Council of Europe, as appropriate.

2.10.6.3. Input screen U.K.

The input mask shall be developed with reference to the existing Interpol input mask (ANSI/NIST standard).

The input mask shall have the following data:

(1)

Schengen ID number(1) (see note 1 below)

(2)

Reference number(1) (see note 1 below)

(3)

Date of fingerprints

(4)

Place where fingerprints were taken

(5)

Date of picture

(6)

Reason for fingerprints (reason for the alert underlying the transmission of the fingerprints)

(7)

Family name(1) (see note 2 below)

(8)

First name(1) (see note 2 below)

(9)

Maiden name

(10)

Identity ascertained?

(11)

Date of birth(1)

(12)

Place of Birth

(13)

Nationality

(14)

Gender(1)

(15)

Supplementary information

Remarks: U.K.

Notes: U.K.

(1) an entry shall be made in either Field 1 or Field 2 U.K.

(2) the option ‘unknown’ may be entered U.K.

When available, the place where and date on which the fingerprints were taken shall be entered.

(1)

Mandatory