#32026D1065EU rules for automated police record searches through EPRIS
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This decision sets the technical and operational rules for using EPRIS, the European Police Record Index System, to search and exchange police record information automatically across borders. It affects national police authorities, Europol and EU-level systems involved in police cooperation. The practical change is mainly technical: participating authorities need common formats, secure routing, encryption, logging, availability standards, error handling and reporting so police record searches can work reliably while protecting personal data.
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Key Changes
- Sets common technical rules for automated police record searches and exchanges through EPRIS
- Requires secure routing through Europol with encryption, pseudonymisation and separation between routing and data content
- Creates shared requirements for availability, configuration, logging, error handling and statistical reporting
Obligations
What this law requires
Participating entities must use the EPRIS technical procedure specified for the automated search and exchange of police records under Regulation (EU) 2024/982.
Europol must operate the EPRIS central routing infrastructure as a trusted intermediary for the exchange of queries and results between national police record indexes.
The EPRIS central routing infrastructure must ensure end-to-end encryption for EPRIS transactions.
The EPRIS central routing infrastructure must pseudonymise data exchanged through EPRIS.
The EPRIS central routing infrastructure must maintain strict segregation between routing functions and police-record data content.