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Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (recast) (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Purpose of "Eurodac"

    2. Article 2.Definitions

    3. Article 3.System architecture and basic principles

    4. Article 4.Operational management

    5. Article 5.Member States' designated authorities for law enforcement purposes

    6. Article 6.Member States' verifying authorities for law enforcement purposes

    7. Article 7.Europol

    8. Article 8.Statistics

  3. CHAPTER II APPLICANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

    1. Article 9.Collection, transmission and comparison of fingerprints

    2. Article 10.Information on the status of the data subject

    3. Article 11.Recording of data

    4. Article 12.Data storage

    5. Article 13.Advance data erasure

  4. CHAPTER III THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS OR STATELESS PERSONS APPREHENDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE IRREGULAR CROSSING OF AN EXTERNAL BORDER

    1. Article 14.Collection and transmission of fingerprint data

    2. Article 15.Recording of data

    3. Article 16.Storage of data

  5. CHAPTER IV THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS OR STATELESS PERSONS FOUND ILLEGALLY STAYING IN A MEMBER STATE

    1. Article 17.Comparison of fingerprint data

  6. CHAPTER V BENEFICIARIES OF INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

    1. Article 18.Marking of data

  7. CHAPTER VI PROCEDURE FOR COMPARISON AND DATA TRANSMISSION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES

    1. Article 19.Procedure for comparison of fingerprint data with Eurodac data

    2. Article 20.Conditions for access to Eurodac by designated authorities

    3. Article 21.Conditions for access to Eurodac by Europol

    4. Article 22.Communication between the designated authorities, the verifying authorities and the National Access Points

  8. CHAPTER VII DATA PROCESSING, DATA PROTECTION AND LIABILITY

    1. Article 23.Responsibility for data processing

    2. Article 24.Transmission

    3. Article 25.Carrying out comparisons and transmitting results

    4. Article 26.Communication between Member States and the Central System

    5. Article 27.Access to, and correction or erasure of, data recorded in Eurodac

    6. Article 28.Keeping of records

    7. Article 29.Rights of the data subject

    8. Article 30.Supervision by the national supervisory authorities

    9. Article 31.Supervision by the European Data Protection Supervisor

    10. Article 32.Cooperation between national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor

    11. Article 33.Protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes

    12. Article 34.Data security

    13. Article 35.Prohibition of transfers of data to third countries, international organisations or private entities

    14. Article 36.Logging and documentation

    15. Article 37.Liability

  9. CHAPTER VIII AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION (EU) NO 1077/2011

    1. Article 38.Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011

  10. CHAPTER IX FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 39.Costs

    2. Article 40.Annual report: monitoring and evaluation

    3. Article 41.Penalties

    4. Article 42.Territorial scope

    5. Article 43.Notification of designated authorities and verifying authorities

    6. Article 44.Transitional provision

    7. Article 45.Repeal

    8. Article 46.Entry into force and applicability

  11. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      Data format and fingerprint form

      1. Data format for the exchange of fingerprint data

      2. Norm for Member State identification letters

    2. ANNEX II

    3. ANNEX III

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