Rules for requests and replies regarding police records
Article 28
1. A request for an automated search of national police record indexes shall include only the following information: (a) the code of the requesting Member State; (b) the date and time of the request and the request number; (c) the data referred to in Article 25, in so far as they are available. 2. A reply to a request as referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain only the following information: (a) an indication as to the number of matches; (b) the date and time of the request and the request number; (c) the date and time of the reply and the reply number; (d) the codes of the requesting and requested Member States; (e) the reference numbers of the police records from the requested Member States. 3. Member States shall ensure that requests as referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are consistent with notifications sent pursuant to Article 74. Those notifications shall be reproduced in the practical handbook referred to in Article 79.