The Confederation and the cantons shall support the participating states, particularly in the fight against terrorism and cross-border crime, by making comparisons using information systems containing dactyloscopic data and vehicle and vehicle owner data and by exchanging information.
In accordance with Article 9 paragraph 1 of Decision 2008/615/JHA1, the national contact points of the participating states may, for the prevention and prosecution of criminal offences in individual cases, compare dactyloscopic data with the reference data in the Swiss information systems.
For the purpose of prosecuting criminal offences, the national contact point referred to in Article 357 paragraph 1 shall, on request, carry out a comparison with the dactyloscopic data in the information systems of the Contracting States.
Footnotes
Council Decision 2008/615/JHA of 23 Juni 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime, last amended by OJ. L 210 of 6.8.2008, p. 1. ↩
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