European Commission 19 January 2016, Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA

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This proposal for a Directive, based on Article 82(1)(d) TFEU, amends Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA to extend the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) to cover third-country nationals (TCN) by requiring convicting Member States to store criminal record information—including fingerprints—on convicted TCN and to distribute anonymised index-filters to all other Member States, enabling a decentralised hit/no-hit search mechanism to identify which Member States hold relevant criminal record data. Key provisions establish mandatory storage and transmission obligations for TCN conviction data, introduce a decentralised index-filter architecture to replace inefficient blanket requests, and confer implementing powers on the Commission to standardise formats and technical arrangements via the examination procedure. The Directive replaces Council Decision 2009/316/JHA and requires transposition within 12 months of adoption, with Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland subject to opt-in/opt-out protocols under the Treaties.AI