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The Member State of origin shall be responsible for ensuring that: fingerprints are taken lawfully; fingerprint data and the other data referred to in Article 5(1), Article 8(2) and Article 11(2) are lawfully transmitted to the Central Unit; data are accurate and up-to-date when they are transmitted to the Central Unit; without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Commission, data in the central database are lawfully recorded, stored, corrected and erased; the results of fingerprint data comparisons transmitted by the Central Unit are lawfully used.
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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.