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Regulation (EU) 2024/982 Article 22

Regulation (EU) 2024/982 Article 22

Principles for the exchange of facial images

Article 22

1.   Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of facial images sent to other Member States or Europol, including their encryption. Europol shall take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of facial images sent to Member States, including their encryption. 2.   Each Member State and Europol shall ensure that the facial images it transmits are of sufficient quality for automated comparison. The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts, a minimum quality standard to allow for the comparison of facial images. Where the report referred to in Article 80(7) shows a high risk of false matches, the Commission shall review those implementing acts. 3.   The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the relevant European or international standards to be used by Member States and Europol for the exchange of facial images. 4.   The implementing acts referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 77(2).

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