# 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), Division 2.13.5: Format and quality of biometric data

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

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.
Before entry, checks shall be carried out at the national level to ensure that:
fingerprint 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),
photographs, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/334/annex/division/2/division/2.13/division/2.13.5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-334/annex/division-2/division-2.13/division-2.13.5
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