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**Council of the**
**European Union**

**Interinstitutional File:**

**2019/0127(NLE)**

**OUTCOME OF PROCEEDINGS**

From: General Secretariat of the Council

On: 20 September 2019

To: Delegations

No. prev. doc.: 11902/19 R-UE

**Brussels, 24 September 2019**
**(OR. en)**

**12467/19**

**SCH-EVAL 156**
**SIRIS 134**
**COMIX 426**

Subject: Council Implementing Decision setting out a recommendation on
addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2018 evaluation of **Germany**
on the application of the Schengen acquis in the field of the **Schengen**
**Information System**

Delegations will find in the annex the Council Implementing Decision setting out a

Recommendation on addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2018 evaluation of Germany on

the application of the Schengen _acquis_ in the field of the Schengen Information System, adopted by

the Council at its meeting held on 20 September 2019.

In line with Article 15(3) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 of 7 October 2013, this

Recommendation will be forwarded to the European Parliament and national Parliaments.

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Council Implementing Decision setting out a

**RECOMMENDATION**

**on addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2018 evaluation of Germany on the application**

**of the Schengen acquis in the field of the Schengen Information System**

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 of 7 October 2013 establishing an

evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis and

repealing the Decision of the Executive Committee of 16 September 1998 setting up a Standing

Committee on the evaluation and implementation of Schengen **[1]**, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The purpose of this Decision is to recommend to Germany remedial actions to address

deficiencies identified during the unannounced Schengen evaluation in the field of the

Schengen Information System (SIS) carried out in 2018. Following the evaluation, a report

covering the findings and assessments, listing best practices and deficiencies identified

during the evaluation was adopted by Commission Implementing Decision C(2019) 2240.

**1** OJ L 295, 6.11.2013, p. 27.

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(2) A standardised hit-reporting form which is available to all end-users in Germany; the

automated import of the hit-reporting form in the SIRENE workflow application; the

extensive roll-out of the SIS AFIS fingerprint search functionality; the automatic attachment

of photographs and fingerprints to both the national and the SIS alerts at the time of the

creation of the alert; functionality that makes it possible to save a copy of the passport used

by the traveller passing through the Automated Border Control gates are considered as best

practices.

(3) It is important to remedy each of the deficiencies identified. Therefore no indication of

priority for implementation of the recommendations should be given.

(4) This Decision should be transmitted to the European Parliament and to the parliaments of

the Member States. Within six months of its adoption, Germany should, pursuant to

Article 16(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013, provide the Commission with an

assessment of the (possible) improvements and with a description of required actions,

RECOMMENDS:

that Germany should

1. further develop the INPOL/POLAS application used for queries in national databases and SIS

and:

– display the phone number of the SIRENE Bureau in the _'action to be taken'_ field;

–
display the _person-related remarks_ (warning markers) prominently in the first window

of the application amongst the hit-list information;

–
display the photographs immediately on the screen;

–
display the cases of misused identity in more user-friendly way, indicating therein

which picture relates to the wanted person;

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2. consider installing vision-disruptive glass/film at the side-windows of the border control

booths at the Hamburg Cruise Center 'Steinwerder' terminal in order to avoid SIS data from

being seen by unauthorised parties;

3. make better use of the SIS in the processes and procedures of the Customs authorities in the

Port of Hamburg whilst performing their customs related duties;

4. provide further training to the _Wasserschutzpolizei_ performing border checks at the Port of

Hamburg on the counterterrorism measures included in the SIS, in particular the action to be

taken _'contact SIRENE immediately'_ ;

5. provide information or issue operational guidelines for the end-users on the recently

introduced linking functionality between SIS alerts;

Done at Brussels,

_For the Council_

_The President_

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