Council Decision 2008/615/JHA

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Council Decision 2008/615/JHA is an EU Justice and Home Affairs measure that implements the Prüm framework by enabling cross-border police cooperation and automated exchange of DNA, fingerprint, and vehicle registration data among Member States to combat terrorism and serious crime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf EU Council decision ⓘ
Justice and Home Affairs measure ⓘ
Prüm Decision ⓘ
adoptedBy Council of the European Union ⓘ
aimsAt combating cross‑border crime ⓘ
combating serious crime ⓘ
combating terrorism ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Prüm Decision ⓘ
linked to: Prüm Decisions
appliesTo law enforcement authorities of Member States ⓘ
citationForm Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 ⓘ
complementedBy Council Decision 2008/616/JHA ⓘ
contains provisions on cross‑border police interventions ⓘ
provisions on data protection and data security ⓘ
provisions on joint operations and assistance in connection with major events ⓘ
provisions on responsibility and liability for data exchanged ⓘ
dataCategories DNA profiles ⓘ
fingerprint data ⓘ
vehicle registration data ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2008 ⓘ
establishes conditions for the supply of personal data and other information for law enforcement purposes ⓘ
rules for automated searching of DNA profiles ⓘ
rules for automated searching of fingerprint data ⓘ
rules for automated searching of vehicle registration data ⓘ
geographicalScope European Union Member States ⓘ
implements Convention of 27 May 2005 on the stepping up of cross‑border cooperation (Prüm Treaty) ⓘ
implementsFramework Prüm framework ⓘ
language all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalBasis Title VI of the Treaty on European Union (pre‑Lisbon third pillar) ⓘ
Treaty on European Union ⓘ
linkedTo Prüm Decisions implementation in Member States ⓘ
partOf EU acquis in police cooperation ⓘ
policyArea Justice and Home Affairs ⓘ
data exchange for law enforcement ⓘ
police cooperation ⓘ
purpose to enable automated exchange of DNA data between Member States ⓘ
to enable automated exchange of fingerprint data between Member States ⓘ
to enable automated exchange of vehicle registration data between Member States ⓘ
to facilitate cross‑border police cooperation ⓘ
to step up cross‑border cooperation to combat terrorism and cross‑border crime ⓘ
relatedTo Council Decision 2008/616/JHA ⓘ
requires Member States to designate national contact points for data exchange ⓘ
Member States to ensure data protection safeguards in automated data exchange ⓘ
logging and documentation of data queries and exchanges ⓘ
that data be used only for specified law enforcement purposes ⓘ
scope cross‑border police cooperation between EU Member States ⓘ
subjectMatter stepping up of cross‑border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross‑border crime ⓘ
subjectTo EU data protection principles ⓘ

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Prüm Decisions → legalBasisInvolves → Council Decision 2008/615/JHA ⓘ
Council Decision 2008/615/JHA → citationForm → Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 June 2008 ⓘ
linked to: Council Decision 2008/615/JHA
Council Decision 2008/616/JHA → implements → Council Decision 2008/615/JHA ⓘ