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Document 32009D0316

    Council Decision 2009/316/JHA of 6 April 2009 on the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) in application of Article 11 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA

    OJ L 93, 7.4.2009, p. 33–48 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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    7.4.2009   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 93/33


    COUNCIL DECISION 2009/316/JHA

    of 6 April 2009

    on the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) in application of Article 11 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 31 and 34(2)(c) thereof,

    Having regard to the Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between Member States (1), and in particular Article 11(4) thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Article 29 of the Treaty on European Union states that the Union's objective is to provide citizens with a high level of safety in the area of freedom, security and justice. This objective presupposes the systematic exchange between the competent authorities of the Member States of information extracted from criminal records in a way that would guarantee its common understanding and the efficiency of such exchange.

    (2)

    Information on convictions handed down against Member States' nationals by other Member States does not circulate efficiently on the current basis of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 20 April 1959. Therefore, there is a need for more efficient and accessible procedures of exchange of such information at European Union level.

    (3)

    The need to improve the exchange of information on convictions was prioritised in the European Council Declaration on Combating Terrorism of 25 and 26 March 2004 and was subsequently reiterated in the Hague Programme (3) and in the Action Plan (4) on its implementation. Furthermore, the computerised interconnection of criminal records at European Union level was recognised as a political priority by the European Council in its Conclusions of 21 and 22 June 2007.

    (4)

    The computerised interconnection of criminal records is part of the E-Justice project, which was acknowledged as a priority by the European Council several times in 2007.

    (5)

    A pilot project is currently being developed with a view to interconnecting criminal records. Its achievements constitute a valuable basis for further work on computerised exchange of information at the European Union level.

    (6)

    This Decision aims to implement Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA in order to build and develop a computerised system of exchange of information on convictions between Member States. Such a system should be capable of communicating information on convictions in a form which is easily understandable. Therefore, a standardised format allowing information to be exchanged in a uniform, electronic and easily computer-translatable way as well as any other means of organising and facilitating electronic exchanges of information on convictions between central authorities of Member States should be set up.

    (7)

    This Decision is based on the principles established by Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA and applies and supplements those principles from a technical standpoint.

    (8)

    The categories of data to be entered into the system, the purposes for which the data is to be entered, the criteria for its entry, the authorities permitted to access the data, and some specific rules on protection of personal data are defined in the Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA.

    (9)

    Neither this Decision nor Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA establishes any obligation to exchange information about non-criminal rulings.

    (10)

    Since the objective of this Decision is not to harmonise national systems of criminal records there is no obligation for a convicting Member State to change its internal system of criminal records as regards the use of information for domestic purposes.

    (11)

    The European Criminal Records System (ECRIS) is a decentralised information technology system. The criminal records data should be stored solely in databases operated by Member States, and there should be no direct online access to criminal records databases of other Member States. Member States should bear the responsibility for the operation of national criminal records databases and for the efficient exchanges of information between themselves. The common communication infrastructure of ECRIS should be initially the Trans European Services for Telematics between Administrations (S-TESTA) network. All expenditure concerning the common communication infrastructure should be covered by the general budget of the European Union.

    (12)

    The reference tables of categories of offences and categories of penalties and measures provided for in this Decision should facilitate the automatic translation and should enable the mutual understanding of the information transmitted by using a system of codes. The content of the tables is the result of the analysis of the needs of all 27 Member States. That analysis took into account the pilot project categorisation and the results of the clustering exercise of various national offences and penalties and measures. Moreover, in case of the table of offences, it also took into consideration the existing harmonised common definitions on the European and international level as well as the Eurojust and Europol data models.

    (13)

    In order to ensure the mutual understanding and transparency of the common categorisation, each Member State should submit the list of national offences and penalties and measures falling in each category referred to in the respective table. Member States may provide a description of offences and penalties and measures and, given the usefulness of such description, they should be encouraged to do so. Such information should be made accessible to Member States.

    (14)

    The reference tables of categories of offences and categories of penalties and measures provided for in this Decision are not designed to set up legal equivalences between offences and penalties and measures existing at national level. They are a tool aimed at helping the recipient to gain better understanding of the fact(s) and type of penalty(ies) or measure(s) contained in the information transmitted. The accuracy of the codes mentioned cannot be fully guaranteed by the Member State supplying the information and it should not preclude the competent authorities in the receiving Member State from interpreting the information.

    (15)

    The reference tables of categories of offences and categories of penalties and measures should be revised and updated in accordance with the procedure for the adoption of implementing measures for decisions provided for in the Treaty on European Union.

    (16)

    Members States and the Commission should inform and consult one another within the Council in accordance with the modalities set out in the Treaty on European Union, with a view to drawing up a non-binding manual for practitioners which should address the procedures governing the exchange of information, in particular modalities of identification of offenders, common understanding of the categories of offences and penalties and measures, and explanation of problematic national offences and penalties and measures, and ensuring the coordination necessary for the development and operation of ECRIS.

    (17)

    In order to accelerate the development of ECRIS, the Commission should adopt a number of technical measures to assist Member States in preparing the technical infrastructure for interconnecting their criminal records databases. The Commission may provide reference implementation software, namely appropriate software enabling Member States to make this interconnection, which they may choose to apply instead of their own interconnection software implementing a common set of protocols enabling the exchange of information between criminal records databases.

    (18)

    Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (5) should apply in the context of computerised exchange of information extracted from criminal records of Member States, providing for an adequate level of data protection when information is exchanged between Member States, whilst allowing for Member States to require higher standards of protection to national data processing.

    (19)

    Since the objective of this Decision, namely the development of a computerised system for the exchange of information on convictions between Member States, cannot be adequately achieved by the Member States unilaterally, and can therefore, by reason of the necessity for coordinated action in the European Union, be better achieved at the level of the European Union, the Council may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity referred to in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and set out in Article 5 of the Treaty establishing the European Community. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in the Article 5 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

    (20)

    This Decision respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union and reflected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

    Article 1

    Subject matter

    This Decision establishes the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS).

    This Decision also establishes the elements of a standardised format for the electronic exchange of information extracted from criminal records between the Member States, in particular as regards information on the offence giving rise to the conviction and information on the content of the conviction, as well as other general and technical implementation means related to organising and facilitating the exchange of information.

    Article 2

    Definitions

    For the purposes of this Decision, the definitions laid down in Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA shall apply.

    Article 3

    European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS)

    1.   ECRIS is a decentralised information technology system based on the criminal records databases in each Member State. It is composed of the following elements:

    (a)

    an interconnection software built in compliance with a common set of protocols enabling the exchange of information between Member States' criminal records databases;

    (b)

    a common communication infrastructure that provides an encrypted network.

    2.   This Decision is not aimed at establishing any centralised criminal records database. All criminal records data shall be stored solely in databases operated by the Member States.

    3.   Central authorities of the Member States referred to in Article 3 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA shall not have direct online access to criminal records databases of other Member States. The best available techniques identified together by Member States with the support of the Commission shall be employed to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of criminal records information transmitted to other Member States.

    4.   The interconnection software and databases storing, sending and receiving information extracted from criminal records shall operate under the responsibility of the Member State concerned.

    5.   The common communication infrastructure shall be the S-TESTA communications network. Any further developments thereof or any alternative secure network shall ensure that the common communication infrastructure in place continues to meet the conditions set out in paragraph 6.

    6.   The common communication infrastructure shall be operated under the responsibility of the Commission, and shall fulfil the security requirements and thoroughly respond to the needs of ECRIS.

    7.   In order to ensure the efficient operation of ECRIS, the Commission shall provide general support and technical assistance, including the collection and drawing up of statistics referred to in Article 6(2)(b)(i) and the reference implementation software.

    8.   Notwithstanding the possibility of using the European Union financial programmes in accordance with the applicable rules, each Member State shall bear its own costs arising from the implementation, administration, use and maintenance of its criminal records database and the interconnection software referred to in paragraph 1.

    The Commission shall bear the costs arising from the implementation, administration, use, maintenance and future developments of the common communication infrastructure of ECRIS, as well as the implementation and future developments of the reference implementation software.

    Article 4

    Format of transmission of information

    1.   When transmitting information in accordance with Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 7 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA relating to the name or legal classification of the offence and to the applicable legal provisions, Member States shall refer to the corresponding code for each of the offences referred to in the transmission, as provided for in the table of offences in Annex A. By way of exception, where the offence does not correspond to any specific sub-category, the ‘open category’ code of the relevant or closest category of offences or, in the absence of the latter, an ‘other offences’ code, shall be used for that particular offence.

    Member States may also provide available information relating to the level of completion and the level of participation in the offence and, where applicable, to the existence of total or partial exemption from criminal responsibility or to recidivism.

    2.   When transmitting information in accordance with Article 4(2) and (3) and Article 7 of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA relating to the contents of the conviction, notably the sentence as well as any supplementary penalties, security measures and subsequent decisions modifying the enforcement of the sentence, Member States shall refer to the corresponding code for each of the penalties and measures referred to in the transmission, as provided for in the table of penalties and measures in Annex B. By way of exception, where the penalty or measure does not correspond to any specific sub-category, the ‘open category’ code of the relevant or closest category of penalties and measures or, in the absence of the latter, an ‘other penalties and measures’ code, shall be used for that particular penalty or measure.

    Member States shall also provide, where applicable, available information relating to the nature and/or conditions of execution of the penalty or measure imposed as provided for in the parameters of Annex B. The parameter ‘non-criminal ruling’ shall be indicated only in cases where information on such a ruling is provided on a voluntary basis by the Member State of nationality of the person concerned, when replying to a request for information on convictions.

    Article 5

    Information on national offences and penalties and measures

    1.   The following information shall be provided by the Member States to the General Secretariat of the Council, with a view in particular to drawing up the non-binding manual for practitioners referred to in Article 6(2)(a):

    (a)

    the list of national offences in each of the categories referred to in the table of offences in Annex A. The list shall include the name or legal classification of the offence and reference to the applicable legal provisions. It may also include a short description of the constitutive elements of the offence;

    (b)

    the list of types of sentences, possible supplementary penalties and security measures and possible subsequent decisions modifying the enforcement of the sentence as defined in national law, in each of the categories referred to in the table of penalties and measures in Annex B. It may also include a short description of the specific penalty or measure.

    2.   The lists and descriptions referred to in paragraph 1 shall be regularly updated by Member States. Updated information shall be sent to the General Secretariat of the Council.

    3.   The General Secretariat of the Council shall communicate to the Member States and to the Commission the information received pursuant to this Article.

    Article 6

    Implementing measures

    1.   The Council, acting by a qualified majority and after consulting the European Parliament, shall adopt any modifications of Annexes A and B as may be necessary.

    2.   The representatives of the relevant departments of the administrations of the Member States and the Commission shall inform and consult one another within the Council with a view to:

    (a)

    drawing up a non-binding manual for practitioners setting out the procedure for the exchange of information through ECRIS, addressing in particular the modalities of identification of offenders, as well as recording the common understanding of the categories of offences and penalties and measures listed respectively in Annexes A and B;

    (b)

    coordinating their action for the development and operation of ECRIS, concerning in particular:

    (i)

    the establishment of logging systems and procedures making it possible to monitor the functioning of ECRIS and the establishment of non-personal statistics relating to the exchange through ECRIS of information extracted from criminal records;

    (ii)

    the adoption of technical specifications of the exchange, including security requirements, in particular the common set of protocols;

    (iii)

    the establishment of procedures verifying the conformity of the national software applications with the technical specifications.

    Article 7

    Report

    The Commission services shall regularly publish a report concerning the exchange, through ECRIS, of information extracted from the criminal record based in particular on the statistics referred to in Article 6(2)(b)(i). This report shall be published for the first time one year after submitting the report referred to in Article 13(3) of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA.

    Article 8

    Implementation and time limits

    1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with the provisions of this Decision by 7 April 2012.

    2.   Member States shall use the format specified in Article 4 and comply with the means of organising and facilitating exchanges of information laid down in this Decision from the date notified in accordance with Article 11(6) of Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA.

    Article 9

    Taking of effect

    This Decision shall take effect on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    Done at Luxembourg, 6 April 2009.

    For the Council

    The President

    J. POSPÍŠIL


    (1)  See page 23 of this Official Journal.

    (2)  Opinion delivered on 9 October 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

    (3)   OJ C 53, 3.3.2005, p. 1.

    (4)   OJ C 198, 12.8.2005, p. 1.

    (5)   OJ L 350, 30.12.2008, p. 60.


    ANNEX A

    Common table of offences categories referred to in Article 4

    Parameters

    Level of completion:

    Completed act

    C

    Attempt or preparation

    A

    Non-transmitted element

    Ø

    Level of participation:

    Perpetrator

    M

    Aider and abettor or instigator/organiser, conspirator

    H

    Non-transmitted element

    Ø

    Exemption from criminal responsibility:

    Insanity or diminished responsibility

    S

    Recidivism

    R


    Code

    Categories and sub-categories of offences

    0100 00

    open category

    Crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court

    0101 00

    Genocide

    0102 00

    Crimes against humanity

    0103 00

    War crimes

    0200 00

    open category

    Participation in a criminal organisation

    0201 00

    Directing a criminal organisation

    0202 00

    Knowingly taking part in the criminal activities of a criminal organisation

    0203 00

    Knowingly taking part in the non-criminal activities of a criminal organisation

    0300 00

    open category

    Terrorism

    0301 00

    Directing a terrorist group

    0302 00

    Knowingly participating in the activities of a terrorist group

    0303 00

    Financing of terrorism

    0304 00

    Public provocation to commit a terrorist offence

    0305 00

    Recruitment or training for terrorism

    0400 00

    open category

    Trafficking in human beings

    0401 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purposes of labour or services exploitation

    0402 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purposes of the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation

    0403 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purposes of organ or human tissue removal

    0404 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of slavery, practices similar to slavery or servitude

    0405 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purposes of labour or services exploitation of a minor

    0406 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purposes of the exploitation of the prostitution of minors or other forms of their sexual exploitation

    0407 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purposes of organ or human tissue removal of a minor

    0408 00

    Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of slavery, practices similar to slavery or servitude of a minor

    0500 00

    open category

    Illicit trafficking (1) and other offences related to weapons, firearms, their parts and components, ammunition and explosives

    0501 00

    Illicit manufacturing of weapons, firearms, their parts and components, ammunition and explosives

    0502 00

    Illicit trafficking of weapons, firearms, their parts and components ammunition and explosives at national level (2)

    0503 00

    Illicit exportation or importation of weapons, firearms, their parts and components, ammunition and explosives

    0504 00

    Unauthorised possession or use of weapons, firearms, their parts and components, ammunition and explosives

    0600 00

    open category

    Environmental crime

    0601 00

    Destroying or damaging protected fauna and flora species

    0602 00

    Unlawful discharges of polluting substances or ionising radiation into air, soil or water

    0603 00

    Offences related to waste, including hazardous waste

    0604 00

    Offences related to illicit trafficking (1) in protected fauna and flora species or parts thereof

    0605 00

    Unintentional environmental offences

    0700 00

    open category

    Offences related to drugs or precursors, and other offences against public health

    0701 00

    Offences related to illicit trafficking (3) in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors not exclusively for own personal consumption

    0702 00

    Illicit consumption of drugs and their acquisition, possession, manufacture or production exclusively for own personal consumption

    0703 00

    Aiding or inciting others to use narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances illicitly

    0704 00

    Manufacture or production of narcotic drugs not exclusively for personal consumption

    0800 00

    open category

    Crimes against the person

    0801 00

    Intentional killing

    0802 00

    Aggravated cases of intentional killing (4)

    0803 00

    Unintentional killing

    0804 00

    Intentional killing of a new-born by his/her mother

    0805 00

    Illegal abortion

    0806 00

    Illegal euthanasia

    0807 00

    Offences related to committing suicide

    0808 00

    Violence causing death

    0809 00

    Causing grievous bodily injury, disfigurement or permanent disability

    0810 00

    Unintentionally causing grievous bodily injury, disfigurement or permanent disability

    0811 00

    Causing minor bodily injury

    0812 00

    Unintentionally causing minor bodily injury

    0813 00

    Exposing to danger of loss of life or grievous bodily injury

    0814 00

    Torture

    0815 00

    Failure to offer aid or assistance

    0816 00

    Offences related to organ or tissue removal without authorisation or consent

    0817 00

    Offences related to illicit trafficking (3) in human organs and tissue

    0818 00

    Domestic violence or threat

    0900 00

    open category

    Offences against personal liberty, dignity and other protected interests, including racism and xenophobia

    0901 00

    Kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, illegal restraint

    0902 00

    Unlawful arrest or deprivation of liberty by public authority

    0903 00

    Hostage-taking

    0904 00

    Unlawful seizure of an aircraft or ship

    0905 00

    Insults, slander, defamation, contempt

    0906 00

    Threats

    0907 00

    Duress, pressure, stalking, harassment or aggression of a psychological or emotional nature

    0908 00

    Extortion

    0909 00

    Aggravated extortion

    0910 00

    Illegal entry into private property

    0911 00

    Invasion of privacy other than illegal entry into private property

    0912 00

    Offences against protection of personal data

    0913 00

    Illegal interception of data or communication

    0914 00

    Discrimination on grounds of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion or ethnic origin

    0915 00

    Public incitement to racial discrimination

    0916 00

    Public incitement to racial hatred

    0917 00

    Blackmail

    1000 00

    open category

    Sexual offences

    1001 00

    Rape

    1002 00

    Aggravated rape (5) other than rape of a minor

    1003 00

    Sexual assault

    1004 00

    Procuring for prostitution or sexual act

    1005 00

    Indecent exposure

    1006 00

    Sexual harassment

    1007 00

    Soliciting by a prostitute

    1008 00

    Sexual exploitation of children

    1009 00

    Offences related to child pornography or indecent images of minors

    1010 00

    Rape of a minor

    1011 00

    Sexual assault of a minor

    1100 00

    open category

    Offences against family law

    1101 00

    Illicit sexual relations between close family members

    1102 00

    Polygamy

    1103 00

    Evading the alimony or maintenance obligation

    1104 00

    Neglect or desertion of a minor or a disabled person

    1105 00

    Failure to comply with an order to produce a minor or removal of a minor

    1200 00

    open category

    Offences against the State, public order, course of justice or public officials

    1201 00

    Espionage

    1202 00

    High treason

    1203 00

    Offences related to elections and referendum

    1204 00

    Attempt against life or health of the Head of State

    1205 00

    Insult of the State, Nation or State symbols

    1206 00

    Insult or resistance to a representative of public authority

    1207 00

    Extortion, duress, pressure towards a representative of public authority

    1208 00

    Assault or threat on a representative of public authority

    1209 00

    Public order offences, breach of the public peace

    1210 00

    Violence during sports events

    1211 00

    Theft of public or administrative documents

    1212 00

    Obstructing or perverting the course of justice, making false allegations in the course of criminal or judicial proceedings, perjury

    1213 00

    Unlawful impersonation of a person or an authority

    1214 00

    Escape from lawful custody

    1300 00

    open category

    Offences against public property or public interests

    1301 00

    Public, social security or family benefit fraud

    1302 00

    Fraud affecting European benefits or allowances

    1303 00

    Offences related to illegal gambling

    1304 00

    Obstructing of public tender procedures

    1305 00

    Active or passive corruption of a civil servant, a person holding public office or public authority

    1306 00

    Embezzlement, misappropriation or other diversion of property by a public official

    1307 00

    Abuse of a function by a public official

    1400 00

    open category

    Tax and customs offences

    1401 00

    Tax offences

    1402 00

    Customs offences

    1500 00

    open category

    Economic and trade related offences

    1501 00

    Bankruptcy or fraudulent insolvency

    1502 00

    Breach of accounting regulation, embezzlement, concealment of assets or unlawful increase in a company’s liabilities

    1503 00

    Violation of competition rules

    1504 00

    Laundering of proceeds from crime

    1505 00

    Active or passive corruption in the private sector

    1506 00

    Revealing a secret or breaching an obligation of secrecy

    1507 00

    ‘Insider trading’

    1600 00

    open category

    Offences against property or causing damage to goods

    1601 00

    Unlawful appropriation

    1602 00

    Unlawful appropriation or diversion of energy

    1603 00

    Fraud, including swindling

    1604 00

    Dealing in stolen goods

    1605 00

    Illicit trafficking (6) in cultural goods, including antiques and works of art

    1606 00

    Intentional damage or destruction of property

    1607 00

    Unintentional damage or destruction of property

    1608 00

    Sabotage

    1609 00

    Offences against industrial or intellectual property

    1610 00

    Arson

    1611 00

    Arson causing death or injury to persons

    1612 00

    Forest arson

    1700 00

    open category

    Theft offences

    1701 00

    Theft

    1702 00

    Theft after unlawful entry into property

    1703 00

    Theft, using violence or weapons, or using threat of violence or weapons against person

    1704 00

    Forms of aggravated theft which do not involve use of violence or weapons, or use of threat of violence or weapons, against persons.

    1800 00

    open category

    Offences against information systems and other computer-related crime

    1801 00

    Illegal access to information systems

    1802 00

    Illegal system interference

    1803 00

    Illegal data interference

    1804 00

    Production, possession, dissemination of or trafficking in computer devices or data enabling commitment of computer-related offences

    1900 00

    open category

    Forgery of means of payment

    1901 00

    Counterfeiting or forging currency, including the euro

    1902 00

    Counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment

    1903 00

    Counterfeiting or forging public fiduciary documents

    1904 00

    Putting into circulation/using counterfeited or forged currency, non-cash means of payment or public fiduciary documents

    1905 00

    Possession of a device for the counterfeiting or forgery of currency or public fiduciary documents

    2000 00

    open category

    Falsification of documents

    2001 00

    Falsification of a public or administrative document by a private individual

    2002 00

    Falsification of a document by a civil servant or a public authority

    2003 00

    Supply or acquisition of a forged public or administrative document; supply or acquisition of a forged document by a civil servant or a public authority

    2004 00

    Using forged public or administrative documents

    2005 00

    Possession of a device for the falsification of public or administrative documents

    2006 00

    Forgery of private documents by a private individual

    2100 00

    open category

    Offences against traffic regulations

    2101 00

    Dangerous driving

    2102 00

    Driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotic drugs

    2103 00

    Driving without a licence or while disqualified

    2104 00

    Failure to stop after a road accident

    2105 00

    Avoiding a road check

    2106 00

    Offences related to road transport

    2200 00

    open category

    Offences against labour law

    2201 00

    Unlawful employment

    2202 00

    Offences relating to remuneration, including social security contributions

    2203 00

    Offences relating to working conditions, health and safety at work

    2204 00

    Offences relating to access to or exercise of a professional activity

    2205 00

    Offences relating to working hours and rest time

    2300 00

    open category

    Offences against migration law

    2301 00

    Unauthorised entry or residence

    2302 00

    Facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence

    2400 00

    open category

    Offences against military obligations

    2500 00

    open category

    Offences related to hormonal substances and other growth promoters

    2501 00

    Illicit importation, exportation or supply of hormonal substances and other grown promoters

    2600 00

    open category

    Offences related to nuclear materials or other hazardous radioactive substances

    2601 00

    Illicit importation, exportation, supply or acquisition of nuclear or radioactive materials

    2700 00

    open category

    Other offences

    2701 00

    Other intentional offences

    2702 00

    Other unintentional offences


    (1)  Unless otherwise specified in this category, ‘trafficking’ means import, export, acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer.

    (2)  For the purpose of this sub-category trafficking includes acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer.

    (3)  For the purpose of this sub-category trafficking includes import, export, acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer.

    (4)  For example: particularly grave circumstances.

    (5)  For example rape with particular cruelty.

    (6)  Trafficking includes import, export, acquisition, sale, delivery, movement or transfer.


    ANNEX B

    Common table of penalties and measures categories referred to in Article 4

    Code

    Categories and sub-categories of offences

    1000

    open category

    Deprivation of freedom

    1001

    Imprisonment

    1002

    Life imprisonment

    2000

    open category

    Restriction of personal freedom

    2001

    Prohibition from frequenting some places

    2002

    Restriction to travel abroad

    2003

    Prohibition to stay in some places

    2004

    Prohibition from entry to a mass event

    2005

    Prohibition to enter in contact with certain persons through whatever means

    2006

    Placement under electronic surveillance (1)

    2007

    Obligation to report at specified times to a specific authority

    2008

    Obligation to stay/reside in a certain place

    2009

    Obligation to be at the place of residence on the set time

    2010

    Obligation to comply with the probation measures ordered by the court, including the obligation to remain under supervision

    3000

    open category

    Prohibition of a specific right or capacity

    3001

    Disqualification from function

    3002

    Loss/suspension of capacity to hold or to be appointed to public office

    3003

    Loss/suspension of the right to vote or to be elected

    3004

    Incapacity to contract with public administration

    3005

    Ineligibility to obtain public subsidies

    3006

    Cancellation of the driving licence (2)

    3007

    Suspension of driving licence

    3008

    Prohibition to drive certain vehicles

    3009

    Loss/suspension of the parental authority

    3010

    Loss/suspension of right to be an expert in court proceedings/witness under oath/juror

    3011

    Loss/suspension of right to be a legal guardian (3)

    3012

    Loss/suspension of right of decoration or title

    3013

    Prohibition to exercise professional, commercial or social activity

    3014

    Prohibition from working or activity with minors

    3015

    Obligation to close an establishment

    3016

    Prohibition to hold or to carry weapons

    3017

    Withdrawal of a hunting/fishing license

    3018

    Prohibition to issue cheques or to use payment/credit cards

    3019

    Prohibition to keep animals

    3020

    Prohibition to possess or use certain items other than weapons

    3021

    Prohibition to play certain games/sports

    4000

    open category

    Prohibition or expulsion from territory

    4001

    Prohibition from national territory

    4002

    Expulsion from national territory

    5000

    open category

    Personal obligation

    5001

    Submission to medical treatment or other forms of therapy

    5002

    Submission to a social-educational programme

    5003

    Obligation to be under the care/control of the family

    5004

    Educational measures

    5005

    Socio-judicial probation

    5006

    Obligation of training/working

    5007

    Obligation to provide judicial authorities with specific information

    5008

    Obligation to publish the judgment

    5009

    Obligation to compensate for the prejudice caused by the offence

    6000

    open category

    Penalty on personal property

    6001

    Confiscation

    6002

    Demolition

    6003

    Restoration

    7000

    open category

    Placing in an institution

    7001

    Placing in a psychiatric institution

    7002

    Placing in a detoxification institution

    7003

    Placing in an educational institution

    8000

    open category

    Financial penalty

    8001

    Fine

    8002

    Day-fine (4)

    8003

    Fine for the benefit of a special recipient (5)

    9000

    open category

    Working penalty

    9001

    Community service or work

    9002

    Community service or work accompanied with other restrictive measures

    10000

    open category

    Military penalty

    10001

    Loss of military rank (6)

    10002

    Expulsion from professional military service

    10003

    Military imprisonment

    11000

    open category

    Exemption/deferment of sentence/penalty, warning

    12000

    open category

    Other penalties and measures


    Parameters (to be specified where applicable)

    ø

    Penalty

    m

    Measure

    a

    Suspended penalty/measure

    b

    Partially suspended penalty/measure

    c

    Suspended penalty/measure with probation/supervision

    d

    Partially suspended penalty/measure with probation/supervision

    e

    Conversion of penalty/measure

    f

    Alternative penalty/measure imposed as principal penalty

    g

    Alternative penalty/measure imposed initially in case of non-respect of the principal penalty

    h

    Revocation of suspended penalty/measure

    i

    Subsequent formation of an overall penalty

    j

    Interruption of enforcement/postponement of the penalty/measure (7)

    k

    Remission of the penalty

    l

    Remission of the suspended penalty

    n

    End of penalty

    o

    Pardon

    p

    Amnesty

    q

    Release on parole (liberation of a person before end of the sentence under certain conditions)

    r

    Rehabilitation (with or without the deletion of penalty from criminal records)

    s

    Penalty or measure specific to minors

    t

    Non-criminal ruling (8)


    (1)  Fixed or mobile placement.

    (2)  Reapplication in order to obtain a new driving licence is necessary.

    (3)  Legal guardian for a person who is legally incompetent or for a minor.

    (4)  Fine expressed in daily units.

    (5)  E.g.: for an institution, association, foundation or a victim.

    (6)  Military demotion.

    (7)  Does not lead to avoidance of enforcement of penalty.

    (8)  This parameter will be indicated only when such information is provided in reply to the request received by the Member State of nationality of the person concerned.


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