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EU: SIRENE passes on information

01 July 1995

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The Dutch SIRENE commission, which provides the link between the Dutch police and security forces and the Schengen Information System, has declared that there is no problem in principle in passing on information on drug users. This was revealed in a written answer to the Belgian Parliament. The answer in response to a question from Belgian MP, van Dienderen, in which he asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs whether SIRENE were prepared to pass on information on drug users. SIRENE responded by stating that they are prepared to pass on any information on people covered by the Schengen Treaty (which includes the smoking of cannabis amongst offences serious enough to justify being included within the system). Their only caveat to this is that they require that any information which is then used in a prosecution must have the approval of the relevant judicial authority. Belgian parliamentary answer, 14.4.95.

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