Screening of third-country nationals at EU borders via ECRIS-TCN

by name voted on 10.04.2024

Summary

This report discusses amendments to EU regulations to allow border screening authorities access to criminal record databases (ECRIS-TCN) and identity repositories. The goal is to enhance security checks for third-country nationals entering the EU.

9 10.04.2024

Report

justice

criminal law

public safety

Key points

Introduction of a screening process for third-country nationals at the external borders of the EU.
Granting authorities access to criminal record information regarding third-country nationals to identify potential security threats.
Enabling the use of identity repositories to verify the identity of individuals during the screening process.
Introducing a flagging system to highlight convictions for terrorist offenses (within the last 25 years) or other serious criminal offenses (within the last 15 years).

Vote

PPE

S&D

Renew

Verts/ALE

ECR

ID

NI

The Left

Total

Speeches

73 Speeches in total

Pro

Contra

Balázs HIDVÉGHI

Balázs HIDVÉGHI

NI

1:45 min

8.6. Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations: European Criminal Records Information System - Third Country Nationals ***I (vote)

Roberta METSOLA

Roberta METSOLA

PPE

0:25 min

11. Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71)

Documents (PDFs)

Opinion on the legal basis of the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/816 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System and Regulation (EU) 2019/818 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 for the purpose of introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/816 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System and Regulation (EU) 2019/818 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 for the purpose of introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/816 establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third-country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) to supplement the European Criminal Records Information System and Regulation (EU) 2019/818 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration and amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2019/816 for the purpose of introducing a screening of third country nationals at the external borders European Criminal Records Information System - Third Country Nationals

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