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Aim
The aim of this Decision is to lay down the necessary administrative and technical provisions for the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA, in particular as regards the automated exchange of DNA data, dactyloscopic data and vehicle registration data, as set out in Chapter 2 of that Decision, and other forms of cooperation, as set out in Chapter 5 of that Decision.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Decision: (a) ‘search’ and ‘comparison’, as referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 9 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, mean the procedures by which it is established whether there is a match between, respectively, DNA data or dactyloscopic data which have been communicated by one Member State and DNA data or dactyloscopic data stored in the databases of one, several, or all of the Member States; (b) ‘automated searching’, as referred to in Article 12 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, means an online access procedure for consulting the databases of one, several, or all of the Member States; (c) ‘DNA profile’ means a letter or number code which represents a set of identification characteristics of the non-coding part of an analysed human DNA sample, i.e. the particular molecular structure at the various DNA locations (loci); (d) ‘non-coding part of DNA’ means chromosome regions not genetically expressed, i.e. not known to provide for any functional properties of an organism; (e) ‘DNA reference data’ mean DNA profile and reference number; (f) ‘reference DNA profile’ means the DNA profile of an identified person; (g) ‘unidentified DNA profile’ means the DNA profile obtained from traces collected during the investigation of criminal offences and belonging to a person not yet identified; (h) ‘note’ means a Member State's marking on a DNA profile in its national database indicating that there has already been a match for that DNA profile on another Member State's search or comparison; (i) ‘dactyloscopic data’ mean fingerprint images, images of fingerprint latents, palm prints, palm print latents and templates of such images (coded minutiae), when they are stored and dealt with in an automated database; (j) ‘vehicle registration data’ mean the data-set as specified in Chapter 3 of the Annex to this Decision; (k) ‘individual case’, as referred to in Article 3(1), second sentence, Article 9(1), second sentence and Article 12(1) of Decision 2008/615/JHA, means a single investigation or prosecution file. If such a file contains more than one DNA profile, or one piece of dactyloscopic data or vehicle registration data, they may be transmitted together as one request.
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