http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/817/article/4Regulation (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/JHARegulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (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/JHA2024-06-20King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02019R0817-20190522texttext/xmlen2019-05-22 CHAPTER I <Strong> <Emphasis>General provisions</Emphasis> </Strong> Definitions Article 4 For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: ‘external borders’ means external borders as defined in point (2) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399; ‘border checks’ means border checks as defined in point (11) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399; ‘border authority’ means the border guard assigned in accordance with national law to carry out border checks; ‘supervisory authorities’ means the supervisory authority referred to in Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the supervisory authority referred to in Article 41(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680; ‘verification’ means the process of comparing sets of data to establish the validity of a claimed identity (one-to-one check); ‘identification’ means the process of determining a person's identity through a database search against multiple sets of data (one-to-many check); ‘alphanumeric data’ means data represented by letters, digits, special characters, spaces and punctuation marks; ‘identity data’ means the data referred to in Article 27(3)(a) to (e); ‘fingerprint data’ means fingerprint images and images of fingerprint latents, which due to their unique character and the reference points contained therein enable accurate and conclusive comparisons on a person's identity; ‘facial image’ means digital images of the face; ‘biometric data’ means fingerprint data or facial images or both; ‘biometric template’ means a mathematical representation obtained by feature extraction from biometric data limited to the characteristics necessary to perform identifications and verifications; ‘travel document’ means a passport or other equivalent document entitling the holder to cross the external borders and to which a visa can be affixed; ‘travel document data’ means the type, number and country of issuance of the travel document, the date of expiry of the validity of the travel document and the three-letter code of the country issuing the travel document; ‘EU information systems’ means the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac, SIS and ECRIS-TCN; ‘Europol data’ means personal data processed by Europol for the purpose referred to in Article 18(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794; ‘Interpol databases’ means the Interpol Stolen and Lost Travel Document database (SLTD database) and the Interpol Travel Documents Associated with Notices database (TDAWN database); ‘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; ‘police authority’ means the competent authority as defined in point (7) of Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2016/680; ‘designated authorities’ means the Member State designated authorities as defined in point (26) of Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, point (e) of Article 2(1) of Decision 2008/633/JHA and point (21) Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240; ‘terrorist offence’ means 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 Council; ‘serious criminal offence’ means an offence which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, if it is punishable under national law by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years; ‘Entry/Exit System’ or ‘EES’ means the Entry/Exit System established by Regulation (EU) 2017/2226; ‘Visa Information System’ or ‘VIS’ means the Visa Information System established by Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; ‘European Travel Information and Authorisation System’ or ‘ETIAS’ means the European Travel Information and Authorisation System established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240; ‘Eurodac’ means Eurodac established by Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council; ‘Schengen Information System’ or ‘SIS’ means the Schengen Information System established by Regulations (EU) 2018/1860, (EU) 2018/1861 and (EU) 2018/1862; ‘ECRIS-TCN’ means the centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons established by Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council. 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). 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). Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 1). 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 (See page 1 of this Official Journal).