CHAPTER VI

Data on missing persons who need to be placed under protection and/or whose whereabouts need to be ascertained shall be entered in SIS II at the request of the competent authority of the Member State issuing the alert. The following categories of missing persons may be entered: missing persons who need to be placed under protection for their own protection; in order to prevent threats; missing persons who do not need to be placed under protection. Paragraph 2(a) shall apply only to persons who must be interned following a decision by a competent authority. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall apply in particular to minors. Member States shall ensure that the data entered in SIS II indicate which of the categories mentioned in paragraph 2 the missing person falls into. Where a person as referred to in Article 32 is located, the competent authorities shall, subject to paragraph 2, communicate his whereabouts to the Member State issuing the alert. They may, in the cases referred to in Article 32(2)(a) move the person to a safe place in order to prevent him from continuing his journey, if so authorised by national law. The communication, other than between the competent authorities, of data on a missing person who has been located and who is of age shall be subject to that person's consent. However, the competent authorities may communicate the fact that the alert has been erased because the person has been located to the person who reported the person missing.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.