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EU: Council of the European Union: SIS: List of competent authorities which are authorised to search directly the data contained in the Schengen Information System

01 March 2011

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EU: Council of the European Union: SIS: List of competent authorities which are authorised to search directly the data contained in the Schengen Information System pursuant to Article 101(4) of the Schengen Convention (80 pages, pdf). Country-by-country guide of agencies accessing the SIS and for what purposes.

It will be recalled that Statewatch in 2010 reported that the Schengen Information System (SIS) has "over half a million terminals located in the security services of the Member States" (emphasis added) in 2009. The reference to "security services" refers to police, immigration, customs and internal security agencies. See EU doc no: 13305/09 (see p.3, pdf). The previously known figure for the number of terminals with access to the SIS was given in 2003 when there were 13 member states with of access to the Schengen Information System (SIS) when the figures clearly surprised the Council of the European Union (the EU governments) who found there were: "125,000 access points !!!” (exclamation marks in original) (EU doc no: 8857/03, pdf)

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