Division 3.5.1 Systematic request for a flag to be added to alerts on persons wanted for arrest for extradition purposes where Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States does not apply

The following procedure shall apply:

1. (a)

   in the case of alerts on persons wanted for arrest for extradition purposes, where Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States does not apply, a SIRENE bureau may ask other SIRENE bureaux to add a flag systematically to Article 95 alerts issued on its nationals;

2. (b)

   any SIRENE bureau wishing to do so shall send a written request to other SIRENE bureaux;

3. (c)

   any SIRENE bureaux 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)

   the flag shall remain until the requesting SIRENE bureau asks for its cancellation.

If the circumstances mentioned in Article 94(4) of the Schengen Convention no longer exist, the Member State that requested the flag shall ask as soon as possible for the flag to be revoked.