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Eurodac is the centralised European database that stores and processes the digitalised fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants who have entered a European country. This helps determine the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application. Eurodac stands for EUROpean Asylum DACtyloscopy database. Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, at the end of each year eu-LISA

Eurodac is the centralised European database that stores and processes the digitalised fingerprints of asylum seekers and irregular migrants who have entered a European country. This helps determine the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application. Eurodac stands for EUROpean Asylum DACtyloscopy database. Pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, at the end of each year eu-LISA

This is the list of designated authorities which have access to data recorded in the Central System of Eurodac pursuant to Article 27(2) of the Regulation (EU) No 603/2013, covering the purpose laid down in Article 1(1) of the same Regulation. The list was initially published on the OJ C237 on 20.07.2015. Where there are amendments thereto, the Agency shall

As part of its core activities, eu-LISA is responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating training activities on the technical use of the large-scale IT systems it operates – Eurodac, SIS, VIS – and those being developed – EES, ETIAS, ECRIS TCN and Interoperability - to IT experts and other law enforcement officials in the Member States that manage the IT

Each year, since it assumed the operational management of the system, eu-LISA publishes the list of competent authorities which are authorised to directly search the data contained in SIS as well as the list of National SIS Offices and SIRENE Bureaux. All linguistic versions are available on this page and in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Schengen

The factsheet on the SIS II 2022 Statistics highlights the main results of the data found in the full statistical report for 2022 that can also be found on this website.

The SIS II 2022 Statistics Report is the annual public statistical document, published by eu-LISA, presenting a collection of data received from Member States and Associated Countries connected to SIS together with data available from the Central SIS system, as per the legal instruments governing the system. This report is accompanied by a factsheet that can also be found on

The factsheet provides an overview of the Eurodac’s central system technical functioning in 2021. It can be considered as the summary of the Annual Report.

This annual report comprises the technical functioning of the Eurodac central system in 2021. It covers the operational management activities carried out by eu-LISA, as well as an overview of statistical data generated at central level on the usage by Member States.