Article 21 Access to the common identity repository for the detection of multiple identities

Where a query of the CIR results in a yellow link in accordance with Article 28(4), the authority responsible for the manual verification of different identities in accordance with Article 29 shall have access, solely for the purpose of that verification, to the data referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) stored in the CIR connected by a yellow link.

Where a query of the CIR results in a red link in accordance with Article 32, the authorities referred to in Article 26(2) shall have access, solely for the purposes of combating identity fraud, to the data referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) stored in the CIR connected by a red link.