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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-334/annex/division-2/division-2.13/division-2.13.5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/334",
  "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) (2008/334/JHA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-334",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.13/division/2.13.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.13.5",
  "heading": "Format and quality of biometric data",
  "text": "All biometric data entered into the system shall have undergone a specific quality check to ensure a minimum quality standard common to all SIS II users.\nBefore entry, checks shall be carried out at the national level to ensure that:\nfingerprint data is compliant with the ANSI/NIST — ITL 1-2000 specified format, as implemented for the purposes of Interpol and adapted for SIRPIT (SIRENE Picture Transfer),\nphotographs, that shall only be used to confirm the identity of a person who has been located as a result of an alphanumeric search made in SIS II, are compliant with the following requirements: full frontal face pictures aspect rate shall be, as far as possible, 3:4 or 4:5. When available, a resolution of at least 480 × 600 pixels with 24 bits of colour depth shall be used. If the image has to be acquired through a scanner, the image size shall be, as far as possible, less than about 200 Kbytes.",
  "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/2008/334/annex/division/2/division/2.13/division/2.13.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:50.773622+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."
}