The proposal, which also presents a statistical report on the functioning of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), supplements the current ECRIS with a centralised system (ECRIS-TCN). It will allow Member States to efficiently identify which EU countries hold conviction information on non-EU citizens and to share information on previous convictions anywhere in the EU.

The European Commission also adopted a new proposal enlarging the mandate of the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA). eu-LISA, which currently operates the Schengen Information System (SIS II), the Visa Information System (VIS) and the asylum and irregular migration database Eurodac, will also operate the ECRIS-TCN system.

More information:

ECRIS (European Criminal Records Information System)

• Press release | 29/06/2017 | Commission delivers on interoperability of EU information systems
• Press release | 29/06/2017 | Commission accelerates measures to prevent radicalisation and the cyber threat
• Video | 29/06/2017 | 2017 press conference on interoperability of EU information systems
• Commission proposal | 29/06/2017 | Regulation on centralised European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) - COM(2017) 344 final (640 Kb)
• Commission staff working document | 29/06/2017 | Analytical supporting document accompanying the proposal on a centralised ECRIS-TCN - SWD(2017) 248 final (377 Kb)
• Study | 29/06/2017 | Feasibility study and cost assessment of the establishment of a centralised ECRIS TCN solution (2,5 Mb
• Study | 29/06/2017 | Feasibility study on the inclusion of pseudonymised fingerprints in ECRIS TCN exchanges (6,3 Mb)
• Commission proposal | 29/06/2017 | Regulation on eu-LISA - COM(2017) 352 final
• Communication | 29/06/2017 | Eighth progress report towards an effective and genuine Security Union- COM(2017) 354 final

Factsheets

• EU information systems
• European agenda on security
• Interoperability of EU information systems

Related information

• Website | ECRIS (European Criminal Records Information System)