Article 1 · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1064

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For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply:

(a)‘entity’ means either a Member State or Europol;

(b)‘requesting entity’ means a Member State or Europol that initiates a query;

(c)‘requested entity’ means a Member State or Europol that receives a query and initiates a response;

(d)‘transaction’ means one query transaction and its corresponding response transaction(s);

(e)‘quota point’ means a point used for each transaction received, processed and replied by the requested entity;

(f)‘partial locus’ means a locus with only one filled allele;

(g)‘mugshot image’ means a facial image taken in a controlled environment;

(h)‘trace image’ means a facial image taken in an uncontrolled environment;

(i)‘re-matching’ means the task performed by the router for homogeneously ranking the candidates by comparing the biometric data used for querying and the biometric data supplied in the response transactions by the requested entities, in accordance with Article 37(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/982.

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