CHAPTER IXALERTS ON OBJECTS FOR SEIZURE OR USE AS EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Article 38Objectives and conditions for issuing alerts

1

Data on objects sought for the purposes of seizure or use as evidence in criminal proceedings shall be entered in SIS II.

2

The following categories of readily identifiable objects shall be entered:

a

motor vehicles with a cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc, boats and aircrafts;

b

trailers with an unladen weight exceeding 750 kg, caravans, industrial equipment, outboard engines and containers;

c

firearms;

d

blank official documents which have been stolen, misappropriated or lost;

e

issued identity papers such as passports, identity cards, driving licenses, residence permits and travel documents which have been stolen, misappropriated, lost or invalidated;

f

vehicle registration certificates and vehicle number plates which have been stolen, misappropriated, lost or invalidated;

g

banknotes (registered notes);

h

securities and means of payment such as cheques, credit cards, bonds, stocks and shares which have been stolen, misappropriated, lost or invalidated.

3

The technical rules necessary for entering, updating, deleting and searching the data referred to in paragraph 2 shall be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 67, without prejudice to the provisions of the instrument setting up the Management Authority.