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Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third-country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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CELEX:  32024R1358

Europol designated authority and Europol verifying authority for law enforcement purposes
1. For law enforcement purposes, Europol shall designate one or more of its operating units as the ‘Europol designated authority’. The Europol designated authority shall be authorised to request comparisons with Eurodac data through the Europol Access Point in order to support and strengthen action by Member States in preventing, detecting or investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences falling within Europol’s mandate.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third-country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council

article  7

CELEX:  32024R1358

2. For law enforcement purposes, Europol shall designate a single specialised unit with duly empowered Europol officials to act as its verifying authority. The Europol verifying authority shall be authorised to forward requests by the Europol designated authority for comparisons with Eurodac data through the Europol Access Point. The Europol verifying authority shall be fully independent of the Europol designated authority when performing its tasks under this Regulation. The Europol verifying authority shall be separate from the Europol designated authority and shall not receive instructions from it as regards the outcome of the verification. The Europol verifying authority shall ensure that the conditions for requesting comparisons of biometric or alphanumeric data with Eurodac data are fulfilled.