DubliNet
1. The secure electronic communication channels referred to in Article 52(4) of Regulation 2024/1351 shall be referred to as DubliNet.
2. The central communication infrastructure shall use the existing Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (‘TESTA’) network.
3. The senders shall automatically receive electronic proof of delivery issued by the system of all transmissions referred to in Article 3(1). This proof of delivery shall constitute proof of transmission and proof of the date and time of receipt of the communication.
4. References in Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 to the electronic communication network set up under Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 1560/2003 shall be understood as references to DubliNet.
National Access Points and Access point of the Asylum Agency
1. Each Member State shall have a single designated National Access Point.
2. The European Union Agency for Asylum (the ‘Asylum Agency’) shall have a single designated Access Point.
3. The National Access Points and the Access Point of the Asylum Agency shall be responsible for processing incoming data and transmitting outgoing data.
4. Any request, reply or correspondence emanating from a National Access Point or the Access Point of the Asylum Agency shall be deemed to be authentic.
Obligation to use DubliNet
1. All standard forms, biometric data taken in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 and any other written correspondence concerning application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 shall be sent through DubliNet.
2. By way of derogation from the paragraph 1, correspondence between the competent department of the Member State responsible for carrying out transfers and competent departments in the requested Member State regarding the practical arrangements for transfers, time and place of arrival, particularly where the person to be transferred is under escort, may be transmitted by other means if necessary.
Language of communication
The language or languages of communication shall be chosen by agreement between the Member States concerned.
Reference number
1. Each transmission sent through DubliNet shall have a reference number making it possible unambiguously to identify the case to which it relates and the transmitting Member State. That number must also make it possible to determine the following types of transmission:
(a)
a request for taking charge (type 01);
(b)
a take back notification (type 02);
(c)
a request for information referred to in Article 51(1), point (a), of Regulation 2024/1351 (type 03);
(d)
a request for information referred to in Article 51(1), point (b), of Regulation 2024/1351 (type 04);
(e)
a request for information referred to in Article 51(1), point (c), of Regulation 2024/1351 (type 05);
(f)
a request for information referred to in Article 51(1), point (d), of Regulation 2024/1351 (type 06);
(g)
a request for information on the child, sibling or parent of an applicant in a situation of dependency (type 07);
(h)
an exchange of information on the family, sibling or relative of an unaccompanied minor (type 08);
(i)
the transmission of information prior to a transfer (type 09);
(j)
the transmission of the common health certificate (type 10);
(k)
the transmission of a standard relocation form (type 11);
(l)
transmission of information on responsibility offsets referred to in Article 63(6) of Regulation 2024/1351 (type 12).
2. Any type of transmission referred to in paragraph 1 shall be followed by a letter ‘P’ to indicate priority when the case involves minors, or the request is made on the basis of Articles 25 to 28 and 34 of Regulation 2024/1351.
3. The reference number shall begin with the letters used to identify the sending Member State in Eurodac. This identification shall be followed by the number indicating the type of transmission, according to the classification set out in paragraph 1, and, where applicable, the indication on priority in accordance with paragraph 2, and the national case reference number used by the sending Member State.
4. For the transmission of the standard form set out in annex VI referred to in Article 26(2), the reference number shall begin with the letters used to identify the sending Member State in Eurodac followed by the indication of the type of transmission referred to in paragraph 1 (type 09), letter ‘G’, the number of persons suggested to be transferred, and the intended date of the transfer in form of day/month/year.
5. All transmissions sent by the Asylum Agency shall begin with indication ‘EUAA’.
Continuous operation
1. The Member States shall ensure that their National Access Points and the Asylum Agency that its Access Point operate technically 24/7 without interruption.
2. If the operation of a National Access Point or the Access Point of the Asylum Agency is interrupted for more than seven working hours, the Member State or the Asylum Agency shall notify the competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 and the Commission of the interruption and shall ensure that normal operation is resumed as soon as possible.
3. If a National Access Point has sent data to a National Access Point that has experienced an interruption in its operation, the log of transmission at the level of the central communication infrastructure shall be used as proof of the date and time of transmission. The deadlines set by Articles 39, 40, and 41 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 for sending a take charge request, a take back notification, a reply to a request or confirming a take back notification shall not be suspended for the duration of the interruption of the operation of the National Access Point concerned.
Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), © European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
