{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-333/annex/division-2/division-2.2/division-2.2.1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/333",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-333",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.2.1",
  "heading": "Compatibility of alerts and order of priority",
  "text": "Only one alert per Member State may be entered into the SIS II for any one person or object.\nTherefore, wherever possible and necessary, second and subsequent alerts on the same person or object shall be kept available at national level so that they can be introduced when the first alert expires or is deleted.\nSeveral Member States may enter an alert on the same person or object if the alerts are compatible.\nAlerts for arrest (Article 26 of the SIS II Decision) are compatible with alerts for refusal of entry (Article 24 of the SIS II Regulation), alerts on missing persons (Article 32 of the SIS II Decision) and alerts for a judicial procedure (Article 34 of the SIS II Decision). They are not compatible with alerts for checks (Article 36 of the SIS II Decision).\nAlerts for refusal of entry are compatible with alerts for arrest. They are not compatible with alerts on missing persons, alerts for checks or alerts for a judicial procedure.\nAlerts on missing persons are compatible with alerts for arrest and alerts for a judicial procedure. They are not compatible with alerts for refusal of entry and alerts for checks.\nAlerts for a judicial procedure are compatible with alerts for arrest and alerts for missing persons. They are not compatible with alerts for checks or alerts for refusal of entry.\nAlerts for checks are not compatible with alerts for arrest, alerts for refusal of entry, alerts on missing persons or alerts for a judicial procedure.\nWithin alerts for checks, alerts issued for ‘discreet checks’ are incompatible with those for ‘specific checks’.\nDifferent categories of alerts on objects are not compatible with each other (see the table on compatibility below).\nThe order of priority for alerts on persons shall be as follows:\narrest with a view to surrender or extradition (Article 26 of the SIS II Decision),\nrefusing entry or stay in the Schengen territory (Article 24 of the SIS II Regulation),\nplacing under protection (Article 32 of the SIS II Decision),\nspecific checks (Article 36 of the SIS II Decision),\ndiscreet checks (Article 36 of the SIS II Decision),\ncommunicating whereabouts (Articles 32 and 34 of the Decision).\nThe order of priority for alerts on objects shall be as follows:\nuse as evidence (Article 38 of Decision),\nseizure (Article 38 of Decision),\nspecific check (Article 36 of Decision),\ndiscreet check (Article 36 of Decision).\nDepartures from this order of priority may be made after consultation between the Member States if essential national interests are at stake.\nTable of compatibility of alerts on persons\nOrder of importance\nAlert for arrest\nAlert for refusal of entry\nAlert on missing person (protection)\nAlert for specific check\nAlert for discreet check\nAlert on missing person (whereabouts)\nAlert for judicial procedure\nAlert for arrest\nyes\nyes\nyes\nno\nno\nyes\nyes\nAlert for refusal of entry\nyes\nyes\nno\nno\nno\nno\nno\nAlert on missing person (protection)\nyes\nno\nyes\nno\nno\nyes\nyes\nAlert for specific check\nno\nno\nno\nyes\nno\nno\nno\nAlert for discreet check\nno\nno\nno\nno\nyes\nno\nno\nAlert on missing person (whereabouts)\nyes\nno\nyes\nno\nno\nyes\nyes\nAlert for judicial procedure\nyes\nno\nyes\nno\nno\nyes\nyes\nTable of compatibility for alerts on objects\nOrder of importance\nAlert for use as evidence\nAlert for seizure\nAlert for specific check\nAlert for discreet check\nAlert for use as evidence\nyes\nyes\nno\nno\nAlert for seizure\nyes\nyes\nno\nno\nAlert for specific check\nno\nno\nyes\nno\nAlert for discreet check\nno\nno\nno\nyes",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/333/annex/division/2/division/2.2/division/2.2.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:50.916912+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}