# Commission Decision of 4 March 2008 adopting the SIRENE Manual and other implementing measures for the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (notified under document number C(2008) 774) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2008/333/EC), Division 2.1: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

‘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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/333/annex/division/2/division/2.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-333/annex/division-2/division-2.1
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