6.1 enter only accurate
and lawful data in SIS II;
6.2 make sure that the data in the SIS are not entered for
political reasons;
6.3 respect the principles of proportionality and individual
assessment of each case when issuing alerts in SIS II;
6.4 introduce transparency and adequate monitoring and verification
mechanisms concerning the interoperability of large-scale information
systems so that the data registered in one system are not unduly
used by the other systems;
6.5 provide for persons subject to an SIS II alert effective
and timely remedies against national administrative or judicial
authorities’ decisions which have been at the origin of the alert;
6.6 observe the right of third-country nationals to be informed
about the inclusion of an alert in SIS II;
6.7 stop practices that prevent citizens of States not belonging
to the Schengen Area from participating in the cultural, social
and scientific activities in the Schengen Area and that hamper free trade;
6.8 avoid any misuse of SIS II that could prevent the establishment
of commercial activities and a more effective investment co-operation;
6.9 adjust their national legislations to ensure that administrative
decisions on refusal to issue a Schengen visa due to political or
other reasons are subject to judicial review in the relevant member State;
6.10 take all necessary measures to ensure that the use of
SIS and related systems does not create an obstacle to the achievement
of a greater unity between Council of Europe member States, as enshrined
in the Statute of the Council of Europe (ETS No. 1);
6.11 provide for persons subject to an SIS II alert the right
to access data relating to them and to request the correction of
inaccurate data or the deletion of data which have been unlawfully
stored in SIS II;
6.12 provide for such persons the possibility to bring effective
legal action before the courts or other competent bodies in order
to access, correct, delete or retrieve data, or to obtain, where
relevant, compensation in connection with an alert relating to them;
6.13 make use of the Supplementary Information Request at the
National Entries (SIRENE) network to verify relevant information
before denying entry or a short-term visa to a third-country national;
6.14 enhance co-operation between the competent national authorities
examining individual cases of alerts (courts, data protection controllers
and other relevant bodies);
6.15 establish a mediation (ombudsperson-type) body, whose
main task would be to examine whether human rights standards have
been observed by the national authorities when entering an alert
in SIS II or denying entry to third-country nationals on the basis
of such an alert;
6.16 pay particular attention to alerts entered by States found
in systematic breach of the rule of law by the European Commission
or under the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s monitoring
procedure for the functioning of democratic institutions and the
rule of law.