# Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU (revoked) EU Regulation 2018/1862 · adopted 28 November 2018 Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1862/pdf/eur_20181862_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (11 June 2019) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1862/pdf/eur_20181862_2019-06-11_en.pdf ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: General provisions ## 1 General purpose of SIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Technical architecture and ways of operating SIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: Responsibilities of the Member States ## 6 National systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 N.SIS Office and SIRENE Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Exchange of supplementary information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Technical and functional compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Security — Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Confidentiality — Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Keeping of logs at national level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Self-monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Staff training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: Responsibilities of eu-LISA ## 15 Operational management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Security — eu-LISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Confidentiality — eu-LISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Keeping of logs at central level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: Information to the public ## 19 SIS information campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: Categories of data and flagging ## 20 Categories of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Proportionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Requirement for an alert to be entered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Compatibility of alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 General provisions on flagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Flagging related to alerts for arrest for surrender purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: Alerts on persons wanted for arrest for surrender or extradition purposes ## 26 Objectives and conditions for entering alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Additional data on persons wanted for arrest for surrender purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Supplementary information on persons wanted for arrest for surrender purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Supplementary information on persons wanted for arrest for extradition purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Conversion of an action to be taken concerning alerts for arrest for surrender or extradition purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Execution of an action based on an alert for arrest for surrender or extradition purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: Alerts on missing persons or vulnerable persons who need to be prevented from travelling ## 32 Objectives and conditions for entering alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Execution of action based on an alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: Alerts on persons sought to assist with a judicial procedure ## 34 Objectives and conditions for entering alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Execution of the action based on an alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: Alerts on persons and objects for discreet checks, inquiry checks or specific checks ## 36 Objectives and conditions for entering alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Execution of the action based on an alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: Alerts on objects for seizure or use as evidence in criminal proceedings ## 38 Objectives and conditions for entering alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Execution of the action based on an alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XI: Alerts on unknown wanted persons for the purposes of identification under national law ## 40 Alerts on unknown wanted persons for the purposes of identification under national law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Execution of the action based on an alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XII: Specific rules for biometric data ## 42 Specific rules for entering photographs, facial images, dactyloscopic data and DNA profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Specific rules for verification or search with photographs, facial images, dactyloscopic data and DNA profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XIII: Right of access and review of alerts ## 44 National competent authorities having a right to access data in SIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Vehicle registration services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Registration services for boats and aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Registration services for firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Access to data in SIS by Europol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Access to data in SIS by Eurojust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Access to data in SIS by the European Border and Coast Guard teams, teams of staff involved in return-related tasks, and members of the migration management support teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Evaluation of the use of SIS by Europol, Eurojust and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Scope of access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Review period for alerts on persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Review period for alerts on objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XIV: Deletion of alerts ## 55 Deletion of alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XV: General data processing rules ## 56 Processing of SIS data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 SIS data and national files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Information in the case of non-execution of an alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Quality of the data in SIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Security incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Distinguishing between persons with similar characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Additional data for the purpose of dealing with misused identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Links between alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Purpose and retention period of supplementary information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Transfer of personal data to third parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XVI: Data protection ## 66 Applicable legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Right of access, rectification of inaccurate data and erasure of unlawfully stored data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Supervision of N.SIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Supervision of eu-LISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Cooperation between supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XVII: Liability and penalties ## 72 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter XVIII: Final provisions ## 74 Monitoring and statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Exercise of the delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Amendments to Decision 2007/533/JHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Entry into force, start of operation and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## CORRELATION TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2018/1862 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1862 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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