Division 2.1 Definitions

United Kingdom

‘Issuing Member State’	Member State that entered the alert into the SIS II;
‘Executing Member State’	Member State that executes the action to be taken following a hit;
‘Hit’	when an end-user conducts a search in the SIS II and finds out that an alert exists which matches the details entered, and further action needs to be taken;
‘Flag’	suspension of validity that may be added to alerts for arrest, alerts on missing persons and alerts for checks, where a Member State considers that to give effect to an alert is incompatible with its national law, its international obligations or essential national interests. When the alert is flagged, the requested action to be taken on the basis of the alert shall not be taken on the territory of this Member State.

Notes on Annex

f1: This text is identical to the text in the Annex to Commission Decision 2008/334/JHA (see page 41 of this Official Journal).