Principles for the exchange of DNA profiles
Article 8
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of DNA reference data sent to other Member States or Europol, including their encryption. Europol shall take appropriate measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of DNA reference data sent to Member States, including their encryption. 2. Each Member State and Europol shall ensure that the DNA profiles 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 DNA profiles. 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 DNA reference data. 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).