Commission Decision of 4 March 2008 adopting the SIRENE Manual and other implementing measures for the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (2008/334/JHA) (c. 334)

ANNEX U.K. SIRENE Manual and other implementing measures(1)

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

3.5. Supplementary information to be sent to Member States U.K.

When issuing the alert, supplementary information regarding the alert shall be sent to all Member States. U.K.

The information mentioned in Sections 3.5.1 and 3.5.2 shall be sent to the other SIRENE Bureaux by the swiftest means available. Any further information required for identification purposes shall be sent after consultation and/or at the request of another Member State.

In the case where several EAWs or ERs exist for the same person, separate A forms shall be completed for each of the EAWs or ERs.

There shall be sufficient detail contained in the EAW/ER and in the A form (in particular, EAW Section (e): ‘description of the circumstances in which the offence(s) was (were) committed, including the time and place’, field 044: ‘description of the deeds’) for other SIRENE Bureaux to verify the alert. However, only the necessary information shall be exchanged.

3.5.1. Supplementary Information to be sent with regards to an EAW U.K.

The A form shall contain at least the same information as that in the EAW. The information in field 044 shall contain a short summary of the circumstances.

In an A form:

• 239: it shall be indicated that the form relates only to an EAW,

• 272: a sequence number of the EAW shall be entered in order to distinguish between several EAWs for the same person,

• 006-013, 266, 275, 237-238 and 050-061: the relevant information inserted in the SIS II and corresponding to Section (a) of the EAW shall be entered,

• 030-033 and 251-259: the relevant information from Section (i) of the EAW shall be entered,

• 240-241 and 035-037: the relevant information from Section (b) of the EAW shall be entered,

• 034, 038, 039: the relevant information from Section (c) of the EAW shall be entered,

• 243-244: information from Section (d) of the EAW shall be entered. If there was no decision in absentia, the fields shall be left empty. In field 244 a simple description can be entered without copying the text of the law,

• 245, 247, 040-045 and 047: information from Section (e) of the EAW shall be entered,

• 267: information from Section (f) shall be entered. The text of the relevant legal provisions shall not be copied,

• 249: the relevant information from Section (g) shall be entered. If there is no request for seizure of property, the field shall be left empty,

• 250: the relevant information from Section (g) shall be entered. If known, also the location of the property shall be mentioned,

• 268: the relevant information from Section (h) shall be entered,

• 260-264: the relevant information from Section (i) shall be entered,

• 269-271: the relevant information from Section (i) shall be entered but only in case it is different from fields 251, 252 and 032),

• 400 and 403: additional documents may be attached.

3.5.2. Supplementary information to be sent with regards to provisional arrest U.K.

3.5.2.1. When issuing an alert based on both an EAW and an ER U.K.

When issuing the alert for arrest for extradition purposes, supplementary information shall be sent to all Member States using an A form. If the data in the alert and the supplementary information sent to Member States with regard to an EAW is not sufficient for extradition purposes, additional information shall be provided.

In field 239 it shall be indicated that the form relates to both an EAW and an ER.

3.5.2.2. When issuing an alert based on ER only U.K.

When issuing the alert for arrest for extradition purposes, supplementary information shall be sent to all Member States using an A form.

In field 239 it shall be indicated that the form relates to an ER.

(1)

This text is identical to the text in the Annex to Commission Decision 2008/333/EC (see page 4 of this Official Journal).