Principles of automated searching of vehicle registration data
Article 15
1. For automated searching of vehicle registration data Member States shall use a version of the European Vehicle and Driving Licence Information System (Eucaris) software application especially designed for the purposes of Article 12 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, and amended versions of this software. 2. Automated searching of vehicle registration data shall take place within a decentralised structure. 3. The information exchanged via the Eucaris system shall be transmitted in encrypted form. 4. The data elements of the vehicle registration data to be exchanged are specified in Chapter 3 of the Annex to this Decision. 5. In the implementation of Article 12 of Decision 2008/615/JHA, Member States may give priority to searches related to combating serious crime.