Access to data by central access points
Article 8
1. The central access points shall search the ETIAS Central System with the data listed in Article 52(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 via the European search portal established pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817. Data listed in Article 52(2), points (a), (b) and (c), and in Article 52(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 may be searched in inexact mode. 2. Until the European search portal is operational for use by central access points, searches shall be performed directly via the ETIAS Central System. 3. Where a request is received from an operating unit of the designated authorities, the central access point shall verify and confirm that the conditions in Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 are fulfilled. 4. Where applicable, the central access point shall verify and confirm whether access to the data listed in Article 17(2), point (i), and Article 17(4), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 is justified, in accordance with Article 51 of that Regulation. 5. Where the central access point accesses the ETIAS Central System, the ETIAS Central System shall automatically prevent access to data listed in Article 17(2), point (h) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. The ETIAS Central System shall only retrieve the data listed in Article 17(2), point (i), and Article 17(4), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 where the central access point has confirmed that access to those data is justified pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article. In exceptional cases where there is an urgent need to prevent an imminent danger to the life of a person associated with a terrorist offence or other serious criminal offences, by way of derogation from paragraph 3 of this Article, the central access points shall be able to indicate that the request concerns a case of urgency and shall be able to immediately process the request from an operating unit of the designated authorities. The verifications and confirmations provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article shall be conducted ex post , in accordance with Article 51(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240.