Article 17 Common identity repository
United Kingdom
A common identity repository (CIR), creating an individual file for each person that is registered in the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac or ECRIS-TCN containing the data referred to in Article 18, is established for the purpose of facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN in accordance with Article 20, of supporting the functioning of the MID in accordance with Article 21 and of facilitating and streamlining access by designated authorities and Europol to the EES, VIS, ETIAS and Eurodac, where necessary for the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences in accordance with Article 22.
The CIR shall be composed of:
a central infrastructure that shall replace the central systems of respectively the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN to the extent that it shall store the data referred to in Article 18;
a secure communication channel between the CIR, Member States and Union agencies that are entitled to use the CIR in accordance with Union law and national law;
a secure communication infrastructure between the CIR and the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN as well as with the central infrastructures of the ESP, the shared BMS and the MID.
eu-LISA shall develop the CIR and ensure its technical management.
Where it is technically impossible because of a failure of the CIR to query the CIR for the purpose of identifying a person pursuant to Article 20, for the detection of multiple identities pursuant to Article 21 or for the purposes of preventing, detecting or investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences pursuant to Article 22, the CIR users shall be notified by eu-LISA in an automated manner.
eu-LISA, in cooperation with Member States, shall implement an interface control document based on the UMF referred to in Article 38 for the CIR.