Article 13 Storing biometric templates in the shared biometric matching service
United Kingdom
The shared BMS shall store the biometric templates, which it shall obtain from the following biometric data:
the data referred to in Article 16(1)(d), Article 17(1)(b) and (c) and Article 18(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226;
the data referred to in point (6) of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008;
the data referred to in Article 20(2)(w) and (x), excluding data on palm prints, of Regulation (EU) 2018/1861;
the data referred to in Article 4(1)(u) and (v), excluding data on palm prints, of Regulation (EU) 2018/1860.
The biometric templates shall be stored in the shared BMS in logically separated form according to the EU information system from which the data originate.
For each set of data referred to in paragraph 1, the shared BMS shall include in each biometric template a reference to the EU information systems in which the corresponding biometric data are stored and a reference to the actual records in those EU information systems.
Biometric templates shall only be entered in the shared BMS following an automated quality check of the biometric data added to one of the EU information systems performed by the shared BMS to ascertain the fulfilment of a minimum data quality standard.
The storage of the data referred to in paragraph 1 shall meet the quality standards referred to in Article 37(2).
The Commission shall lay down, by means of an implementing act, the performance requirements and practical arrangements for monitoring the performance of the shared BMS in order to ensure that the effectiveness of biometric searches respect time-critical procedures such as border checks and identifications. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 74(2).