Division 7.5 Communicating further information following a hit

The following procedure has been adopted:

1. (a)

   the Sirene bureaux may transmit further information on 95 to 100 alerts, and in so doing may act on behalf of judicial authorities if this information falls within the scope of mutual judicial assistance;

2. (b)

   of operations after an alert is matched so require (such as if an offence is discovered or if there is a threat to law and order, if an object, vehicle or individual needs to be more clearly identified, etc...), the information transmitted as a complement to that stipulated under Title IV of the Schengen Convention, in particular regarding Articles 99 and 100, shall be transmitted by virtue of Articles 39 and 46 of the abovementioned Convention. Appropriate measures have to be taken by every Member State in order to guarantee an efficient and effective exchange of complementary information by virtue of Articles 39 and 46;

3. (c)

   When a positive hit occurs on an Article 99(3) alert, the discovering Sirene bureau will inform the counterpart (requesting Sirene bureau) of the results (discreet surveillance or specific check) via the G form. At the same time the discovering Sirene bureau will inform its own competent service responsible for State security.

   If the State security service in the discovering Member State decides that the alert requires a validity flag, they should contact their national Sirene bureau in order to raise the flag with the requesting Sirene bureau (via the F form). They are not required to explain the reasons for raising the flag, but the request should be made through Sirene channels.

   A specific procedure is required to safeguard the confidentiality of certain information. Therefore, any contact between the services responsible for State security should be kept quite separate from the contact between the Sirene bureaux. Consequently, the reasons for requesting a flag should be discussed directly between State security services and not through Sirene bureaux.