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With a view to checking whether an alien found illegally present within its territory has previously lodged an application for asylum in another Member State, each Member State may transmit to the Central Unit any fingerprint data relating to fingerprints which it may have taken of any such alien of at least 14 years of age together with the reference number used by that Member State. As a general rule there are grounds for checking whether the alien has previously lodged an application for asylum in another Member State where: the alien declares that he/she has lodged an application for asylum but without indicating the Member State in which he/she made the application; the alien does not request asylum but objects to being returned to his/her country of origin by claiming that he/she would be in danger, or the alien otherwise seeks to prevent his/her removal by refusing to cooperate in establishing his/her identity, in particular by showing no, or false, identity papers.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-15 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.