Division 8.1.2 The specific case of alerts on vehicles

The following general recommendations have been adopted:

1. (a)

   Only one alert per Member State may be entered in the SIS for any one vehicle;

2. (b)

   Several Member States may enter an alert on the same vehicle if the alerts are compatible or may coexist;

3. (c)

   Within Article 99, alerts on vehicles issued for ‘discreet surveillance’ are incompatible with those issued for ‘specific checks’ (E form).

4. (d)

   Article 99 alerts are incompatible with Article 100 alerts.

5. (e)

   The Sirene bureau of the Member State issuing an alert shall maintain an alert of any requests to enter a further alert which, after consultation, have been rejected by virtue of the provisions given above, until the alert is deleted.