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1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the authority responsible for manual verification of different identities shall be:

(a) the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State for matches that occurred when creating or updating a SIS alert in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1862;

(b) the central authorities of the convicting Member State for matches that occurred when recording or modifying data in ECRIS-TCN in accordance with Article 5 or 9 of Regulation (EU) 2019/816. The MID shall indicate the authority responsible for the manual verification of different identities in the identity confirmation file.

2. The authority responsible for the manual verification of different identities in the identity confirmation file shall be the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that created the alert where a link is created to data contained in an alert:

(a) in respect of persons wanted for arrest for surrender or extradition purposes referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862;

(b) on missing or vulnerable persons referred to in Article 32 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862;

(c) on persons sought to assist with a judicial procedure referred to in Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862;

(d) on persons for discreet checks, inquiry checks or specific checks referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862.

3. The authority responsible for the manual verification of different identities shall have access to the linked data contained in the relevant identity confirmation file and to the identity data linked in the CIR and, where relevant, in SIS. It shall assess the different identities without delay. Once such assessment is completed, it shall update the link in accordance with Articles 31, 32 and 33 and add it to the identity confirmation file without delay.

4. Where more than one link is created, the authority responsible for the manual verification of different identities shall assess each link separately.

5. Where data reporting a match were already linked, the authority responsible for the manual verification of different identities shall take into account the existing links when assessing the creation of new links.