Division 2.6.2 Temporary clause until 1 January 2009: systematic request for flags to be added to alerts on a Member State's nationals

The following procedure has been adopted:

1. (a)

   a Member State may ask the SIRENE Bureau of the other Member State to add a flag as a matter of course to alerts for arrest issued on its nationals;

2. (b)

   any Member State wishing to do so shall send a written request to the Member State, which it would like to co-operate;

3. (c)

   any Member State to whom such a request is addressed shall add a flag for the Member State in question immediately after the alert is issued;

4. (d)

   this procedure shall continue to be binding until a written instruction is made for it to be cancelled.