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Division 2.2.1 Procedures following a hit

United Kingdom

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The following procedures shall apply:

  1. (a)

    one ‘hit’ on an individual or an object on which an alert has been issued shall usually be communicated by means of one G form to the SIRENE bureau of the issuing Member State;

  2. (b)

    when notifying the issuing Member State of a hit, the applicable Article of the Schengen Convention shall, as appropriate, be indicated in field 090 of the G form, including additional information if necessary (e.g. ‘MINOR’).

  3. (c)

    the G form shall provide as much as possible information on the hit, including on the action taken in field 088. Provision of supplementary information may be requested from the issuing Member State in field 089.

  4. (d)

    if necessary the SIRENE bureau of the issuing Member State shall, following the hit, send any relevant specific information;

  5. (e)

    the particular measures should be taken by the SIRENE bureau of the Member State that matched the alert to support the effective execution of the requested measures (action to be taken);

  6. (f)

    if the SIRENE bureau of the Member State that achieved a hit intends to provide further information after a G form has been sent, it shall use an M form;

  7. (g)

    if the hit concerns a person who is the subject of an alert under Article 95 or a minor who is the subject of an alert under Article 97, the SIRENE bureau of the Member State that matched the alert shall, where appropriate, inform the SIRENE bureau of the issuing Member State of the hit by telephone after sending a G form;

  8. (h)

    the SIRENE bureaux of Member States that have issued alerts under Article 96 shall not necessarily be informed of any hits as a matter of course, but shall be informed in exceptional circumstances if supplementary information is required. For special procedures see Section 4.