Rules for requests and replies regarding DNA profiles
Article 9
1. A request for an automated search of DNA profiles 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) DNA reference data; (d) whether the DNA profiles transmitted are unidentified DNA profiles or identified DNA profiles. 2. A reply to a request as referred to in paragraph 1 shall contain only the following information: (a) an indication as to whether there were one or more matches or no 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 DNA profiles from the requesting and requested Member States; (f) whether the DNA profiles transmitted are unidentified DNA profiles or identified DNA profiles; (g) the matching DNA profiles. 3. A match shall be automatically notified only where the automated search has resulted in a match of a minimum number of loci. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the minimum number of loci for that purpose in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 77(2). 4. Where a search with unidentified DNA profiles results in a match, each requested Member State with matching data may insert a marking in its national database indicating that there has been a match for that DNA profile following another Member State’s search. The marking shall include the reference number of the DNA profile used by the requesting Member State. 5. 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.