Division 2.2 The exchange of information after a hit

When an end-user conducts a search of the SIS and finds that an alert exists which matches the details entered, this is called a ‘hit’.

The end-user may require the Sirene bureau to supply supplementary information in order to allow effective implementation of the procedures laid down in SIS tables 4, 10 or 16 as set out in Annex 4.

Unless stated otherwise, the issuing Member State must be informed of the hit and its outcome.

The following procedure has been adopted:

1. (a)

   a hit on an individual or an object on which an alert has been issued should usually be communicated to the Sirene bureau of the issuing Member State.

   If necessary the Sirene bureau of the issuing Member State shall then send any relevant, specific information and the particular measures should be taken by the Sirene bureau of the Member State that matched the alert.

   When notifying the Party which issued the alert of a hit, the Article of the Schengen Convention, which applies to the hit, should be indicated in heading 090 of the G form.

   If the hit concerns a person who is the subject of an Article 95 alert, the Sirene bureau of the Member State that matched the alert should inform the Sirene bureau of the issuing Member State of the hit by telephone after sending a G Form;

2. (b)

   the Sirene bureaux of Member States that have issued alerts under Article 96 shall not necessarily be informed of any hits as a matter of course, but may be informed in exceptional circumstances. A G form can be sent if for example supplementary information is required;

3. (c)

   C.SIS automatically communicates the deletion of an alert to all Member States.