Router
Article 35
1. A router is established for the purpose of facilitating the establishment of connections between Member States, and between Member States and Europol, for querying with, retrieving and scoring biometric data and for retrieving alphanumeric data in accordance with this Regulation. 2. The router shall be composed of: (a) a central infrastructure, including a search tool enabling the simultaneous querying of the national databases referred to in Articles 5, 10 and 19 and of Europol data; (b) a secure communication channel between the central infrastructure, the competent authorities authorised to use the router pursuant to Article 36 and Europol; (c) a secure communication infrastructure between the central infrastructure and the European Search Portal, established by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818, for the purposes of Article 39.