# Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and amending Regulations (EU) No 1077/2011, (EU) No 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/1624 and (EU) 2017/2226, Article 23: Support of the objectives of SIS

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

1. The ETIAS Central System shall launch a query by using the ESP to compare the relevant data referred to in points (a), (aa), (b) and (d) of Article 17(2) to the data present in SIS in order to determine whether the applicant is the subject of one of the following alerts:
(a) an alert on missing persons;
(b) an alert on persons sought to assist with a judicial procedure;
(c) an alert on persons for discreet checks or specific checks.
2. Where the comparison referred to in paragraph 1 reports one or several hits, the ETIAS Central System shall send an automated notification to the ETIAS Central Unit. The ETIAS Central Unit shall verify whether the applicant’s personal data correspond to the personal data contained in the alert having triggered that hit and if a correspondence is confirmed, the ETIAS Central System shall send an automated notification to the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that entered the alert. The SIRENE Bureau concerned shall further verify whether the applicant’s personal data correspond to the personal data contained in the alert having triggered the hit and take any appropriate follow-up action.
The ETIAS Central System shall also send an automated notification to the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that entered the alert having triggered a hit against SIS during the automated processing referred to in Article 20 where, following verification by the ETIAS Central Unit as referred to in Article 22, that alert has led to manual processing of the application in accordance with Article 26.
3. The notification provided to the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that entered the alert shall contain the following data:
(a) surname(s), first name(s) and, if any, alias(es);
(b) place and date of birth;
(c) sex;
(d) nationality and, if any, other nationalities;
(e) Member State of first intended stay, and if available, the address of first intended stay;
(f) the applicant’s home address or, if not available, his or her city and country of residence;
(g) travel authorisation status information, indicating whether a travel authorisation has been issued, refused or whether the application is subject to manual processing pursuant to Article 26;
(h) a reference to any hits obtained in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, including the date and time of the hit.
4. The ETIAS Central System shall add a reference to any hit obtained pursuant to paragraph 1 to the application file.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1240/article/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1240/article-23
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