Commission Decision of 4 March 2008 adopting the SIRENE Manual and other implementing measures for the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (notified under document number C(2008) 774) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2008/333/EC) (c. 333)

ANNEX SIRENE Manual and other implementing measures(1)

3. ALERTS FOR ARREST FOR SURRENDER OR EXTRADITION PURPOSES (ARTICLE 26 OF THE SIS II DECISION)

3.2. Multiple alerts

For general procedures see Section 2.2.

In addition, the following rules shall apply:

several Member States may enter an alert for arrest on the same person. If two or more Member States have issued an alert for the same person, the decision on which warrant shall be executed in the event of an arrest shall be taken by the executing judicial authority in the Member State where the arrest occurs.

Compatibility of alerts for arrest

Alerts for arrest are compatible with alerts for refusal of entry, alerts on missing persons and alerts for a judicial procedure. They are not compatible with alerts for checks.

Alerts for arrest shall be entered immediately without awaiting the result of any consultation with other Member States.

(1)

This text is identical to the text in the Annex to Commission Decision 2008/334/JHA (see page 41 of this Official Journal).