# Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 (revoked) EU Regulation 2019/818 ยท adopted 20 May 2019 Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-818/pdf/eur_20190818_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (22 May 2019) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-818/pdf/eur_20190818_2019-05-22_en.pdf; Correction slip (15 January 2020) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-818/pdf/eurcs_20190818_en_001.pdf ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: General provisions ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Non-discrimination and fundamental rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: European search portal ## 6 European search portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Use of the European search portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Profiles for the users of the European search portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Keeping of logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Fall-back procedures in case of technical impossibility to use the European search portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: Shared biometric matching service ## 12 Shared biometric matching service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Storing biometric templates in the shared biometric matching service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Searching biometric data with the shared biometric matching service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Data retention in the shared biometric matching service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Keeping of logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: Common identity repository ## 17 Common identity repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 The common identity repository data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Adding, amending and deleting data in the common identity repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Access to the common identity repository for identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Access to the common identity repository for the detection of multiple identities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Querying the common identity repository for the purposes of preventing, detecting or investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Data retention in the common identity repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Keeping of logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: Multiple-identity detector ## 25 Multiple-identity detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Access to the multiple-identity detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Multiple-identity detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Results of the multiple-identity detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Manual verification of different identities and the authorities responsible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Yellow link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Green link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Red link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 White link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Identity confirmation file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Data retention in the multiple-identity detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Keeping of logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: Measures supporting interoperability ## 37 Data quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Universal message format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Central repository for reporting and statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: Data protection ## 40 Data controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Data processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Security of processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Security incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Self-monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Right to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Right of access to, rectification and erasure of personal data stored in the MID and restriction of processing thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Web portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Communication of personal data to third countries, international organisations and private parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Supervision by the supervisory authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Audits by the European Data Protection Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Cooperation between supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: Responsibilities ## 54 Responsibilities of eu-LISA during the design and development phase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Responsibilities of eu-LISA following the entry into operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Responsibilities of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Responsibilities of Europol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Responsibilities of the ETIAS Central Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: Amendments to other Union instruments ## 59 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/816 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter X: Final provisions ## 62 Reporting and statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Transitional period for the use of the European search portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Transitional period applicable to the provisions on access to the common identity repository for the purposes of preventing, detecting or investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Transitional period for multiple-identity detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Start of operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Exercise of the delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Advisory Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Practical handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Monitoring and evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Entry into force and applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/818 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-818 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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