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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/2284 of 15 October 2026 setting the date from which Member States may start entering, updating and deleting information alerts on third-country nationals in the interest of the Union in the Schengen Information System pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Type Implementing Decision

Publication 2026-10-15

State In force

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	2026/2284	15.10.2026

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU [^ntr1-L_202602284EN.000101-E0001], and in particular Article 79(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulations (EU) 2018/1860 [^ntr2-L_202602284EN.000101-E0002], (EU) 2018/1861 [^ntr3-L_202602284EN.000101-E0003] and (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council lay down the rules on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS).

(2) Regulation (EU) 2022/1190 of the European Parliament and of the Council [^ntr4-L_202602284EN.000101-E0004] introduced rules regarding information alerts on third-country nationals in the interest of the Union in the Schengen Information System. This should enable Member States, upon a proposal by Europol, based on information provided by third countries and international organisations, to enter such alerts in the SIS in order to make that information on persons involved in serious crime or terrorism, directly and in real time, to front-line officers in Member States.

(3) Since the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2022/1190, the Commission, Member States, the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) have been completing the necessary technical and legal arrangements to implement the new rules to enable the entry of information alerts on third-country nationals in the interest of the Union in the SIS and the necessary updates for the exchange of supplementary information.

(4) The Commission has verified that the implementing acts necessary for the operation of the information alert were adopted; that eu-LISA declared the successful completion of all testing activities with regard to CS-SIS and to the interaction between Central SIS (CS-SIS) and national systems (N.SIS); that Member States and Europol notified to the Commission that they have made the necessary technical and procedural arrangements to process SIS data and exchange supplementary information pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2022/1190.

(5) It is therefore appropriate to set the date from which the Member States may start entering, updating and deleting information alerts on third-country nationals in the interest of the Union in SIS in accordance with Article 37a of Regulation (EU) 2018/1862.

(6) Given that Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 and Regulation (EU) 2022/1190 build upon the Schengen acquis, in accordance with Article 4 of Protocol No 22 on the Position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Denmark notified the implementation of Regulations (EU) 2018/1862 and (EU) 2022/1190 in its national law. It is therefore bound by this Decision.

(7) Ireland is taking part in this Decision to the extent that it concerns Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 in accordance with Article 5(1) of Protocol No 19 on the Schengen acquis integrated into the framework of the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 6(2) of Council Decision 2002/192/EC [^ntr5-L_202602284EN.000101-E0005], read in conjunction with Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1745 [^ntr6-L_202602284EN.000101-E0006].

(8) As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning these States’ association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis [^ntr7-L_202602284EN.000101-E0007], which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point (G) of Council Decision 1999/437/EC [^ntr8-L_202602284EN.000101-E0008].

(9) As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis [^ntr9-L_202602284EN.000101-E0009] , which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point (G), of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/149/JHA [^ntr10-L_202602284EN.000101-E0010].

(10) As regards Liechtenstein, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis [^ntr11-L_202602284EN.000101-E0011], which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point (G), of Decision 1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2011/349/EU [^ntr12-L_202602284EN.000101-E0012].

(11) Concerning Cyprus, this Decision constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise relating to, the Schengen acquis within the meaning of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

(12) Given that the Commission is to determine the date from which the Member States may start entering, updating and deleting information alert on third-country nationals in the interest of the Union, there is no need for any intermediate time period between the date of publication and the date of entry into force of this Decision. Therefore, this Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Information alerts on third-country nationals in the interest of the Union may be entered, updated and deleted in the Schengen Information System (SIS) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 from 15 October 2026.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 15 October 2026.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

[^ntr1-L_202602284EN.000101-E0001]: OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 56, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1862/oj.

[^ntr2-L_202602284EN.000101-E0002]: Regulation (EU) 2018/1860 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the use of the Schengen Information System for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1860/oj).

[^ntr3-L_202602284EN.000101-E0003]: Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 (OJ L 312, 7.12.2018, p. 14, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1861/oj).

[^ntr4-L_202602284EN.000101-E0004]: Regulation (EU) 2022/1190 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 as regards the entry of information alerts into the Schengen Information System (SIS) on third-country nationals in the interest of the Union (OJ L 185, 12.7.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/1190/oj).

[^ntr5-L_202602284EN.000101-E0005]: Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland’s request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen acquis (OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2002/192/oj).

[^ntr6-L_202602284EN.000101-E0006]: Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1745 of 18 November 2020 on the putting into effect of the provisions of the Schengen acquis on data protection and on the provisional putting into effect of certain provisions of the Schengen acquis in Ireland (OJ L 393, 23.11.2020, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2020/1745/oj).

[^ntr7-L_202602284EN.000101-E0007]: OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/1999/439(1)/oj.

[^ntr8-L_202602284EN.000101-E0008]: Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1999/437/oj).

[^ntr9-L_202602284EN.000101-E0009]: OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 52, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2008/178(1)/oj.

[^ntr10-L_202602284EN.000101-E0010]: Council Decision 2008/149/JHA of 28 January 2008 on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (OJ L 53, 27.2.2008, p. 50, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2008/149/oj).

[^ntr11-L_202602284EN.000101-E0011]: OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 21.

[^ntr12-L_202602284EN.000101-E0012]: Council Decision 2011/349/EU of 7 March 2011 on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, relating in particular to judicial cooperation in criminal matters and police cooperation (OJ L 160, 18.6.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2011/349/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2026/2284/oj

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