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Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1726

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I General provisions

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 2. Scope

    3. Article 3.Definitions

    4. Article 4.Technical architecture of ECRIS-TCN

  3. CHAPTER II Entry and use of data by central authorities

    1. Article 5.Data entry in ECRIS-TCN

    2. Article 6.Facial images

    3. Article 7.Use of ECRIS-TCN for identifying the Member States holding criminal records information

  4. CHAPTER III Retention and modification of the data

    1. Article 8.Retention period for data storage

    2. Article 9.Modification and erasure of data

  5. CHAPTER IV Development, operation and responsibilities

    1. Article 10.Adoption of implementing acts by the Commission

    2. Article 11.Development and operational management of ECRIS — TCN

    3. Article 12.Responsibilities of the Member States

    4. Article 13.Responsibility for the use of data

    5. Article 14.Access for Eurojust, Europol, and the EPPO

    6. Article 15.Access by authorised staff of Eurojust, Europol and the EPPO

    7. Article 16.Responsibilities of Eurojust, Europol and the EPPO

    8. Article 17.Contact point for third countries and international organisations

    9. Article 18.Providing information to a third country, international organisation or private party

    10. Article 19.Data Security

    11. Article 20.Liability

    12. Article 21.Self-monitoring

    13. Article 22.Penalties

  6. CHAPTER V Data protection rights and supervision

    1. Article 23.Data controller and data processor

    2. Article 24.Purpose of the processing of personal data

    3. Article 25.Right of access, rectification, erasure and restriction of processing

    4. Article 26.Cooperation to ensure respect for data protection rights

    5. Article 27.Remedies

    6. Article 28.Supervision by the national supervisory authorities

    7. Article 29.Supervision by the European Data Protection Supervisor

    8. Article 30.Cooperation among national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor

    9. Article 31.Keeping of logs

  7. CHAPTER VI Final provisions

    1. Article 32.Use of data for reporting and statistics

    2. Article 33.Costs

    3. Article 34.Notifications

    4. Article 35.Entry of data and start of operations

    5. Article 36.Monitoring and evaluation

    6. Article 37.Exercise of the delegation

    7. Article 38.Committee procedure

    8. Article 39.Advisory Group

    9. Article 40.Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1726

    10. Article 41.Implementation and transitional provisions

    11. Article 42.Entry into force

  8. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      STANDARD INFORMATION REQUEST FORM AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 17(1) OF REGULATION (EU) 2019/816 IN ORDER TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON WHICH MEMBER STATE, IF ANY, HOLDS CRIMINAL RECORDS INFORMATION OF A THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONAL

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