{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2165/annex/division-1/division-1.3/division-1.3.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2165/annex/division-1/division-1.3/division-1.3.3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/2165",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2165 of 9 December 2020 on laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the minimum data quality standards and technical specifications for entering photographs and dactyloscopic data in the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks and return (notified under document C(2020) 8599)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2165",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/1.3/division/1.3.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.3.3",
  "heading": "Quality thresholds for the storage and use of fingerprints and palm prints images in CS-SIS AFIS",
  "text": "Dactyloscopic images must comply with the quality thresholds laid down in the SIS Interface Control Document and Detailed Technical Specifications in order to be stored and used in CS-SIS AFIS.\nMember States are recommended to check the compliance with the quality thresholds of the dactyloscopic images before transmitting them to CS-SIS.\nCompliant dactyloscopic containers that contain dactyloscopic images on fingerprints or palm prints below the quality thresholds will not be stored in CS-SIS AFIS and will not be used for biometric searches. Dactyloscopic containers that contain dactyloscopic images rejected by CS-SIS AFIS may only be used to confirm the identity of a person in accordance with Article 33(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861. CS-SIS will send an error message to the Member State that has transmitted the data when a file has been rejected by CS-SIS AFIS due to the low quality of the images.",
  "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/2020/2165/annex/division/1/division/1.3/division/1.3.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:01.950390+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."
}