Fighting terrorism: share criminal records of non-EU nationals, too, urge MEPs

The European Parliament's civil liberties committee backed on 30 May 2016 a legislative proposal from the European Commission to expand the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) to include information of non-EU citizens.

This system is used to exchance information on the criminal convictions of EU citizens. The draft law was seen as a key measure under the European Agenda on Security and an important tool for fighting cross-border crime and terrorism. ECRIS already allowed exchange of information on third country nationals, but there was not common European procedure or mechanism in place to do so effectively.

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ESO: Background information: Exchange of Information on Third Country Nationals – European Criminal Records Information System: Initial Appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment http://www.europeansources.info/record/exchange-of-information-on-third-country-nationals-european-criminal-records-information-system-initial-appraisal-of-a-european-commission-impact-assessment/

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-directive-on-the-exchange-of-information-on-third-country-nationals-and-the-european-criminal-records-information-system-ecris/

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