Glossary
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) | General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. |
| Granting MS | ‘granting Member State’ means the Member State which is considering granting or extending or which has granted or extended a residence permit or long-stay visa. |
| green link | A green link means that after manual verification the responsible authority concluded that data belongs to different persons and this is justified. |
| Hague Convention 1996 | The Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (HCCH 1996 Child Protection Convention) is a multilateral treaty covering a broad range of civil measures to protect children in cross-border situations. The Convention provides uniform rules that prevent conflicting decisions, enable cross-border co-operation between authorities, and secure the recognition and enforcement of measures among Contracting Parties. |
| High epidemic risk | Any disease with epidemic potential as defined by the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organization (WHO) or the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and other infectious diseases or contagious parasitic diseases if they are the subject of protection provisions applying to nationals of the Member States. For more information consult the following link: international-health-regulations |
| Hit | Means the existence of a correspondence established by comparing the personal data recorded in an application file of the ETIAS Central System with the specific risk indicators referred to in Article 33 (of the ETIAS Regulation (EU) 2018/1240) or with the personal data present in a record, file or alert registered in the ETIAS Central System, in another EU information system or database listed in Article 20(2) of the above-mentioned ETIAS Regulation (‘EU information systems’), in Europol data or in an Interpol database queried by the ETIAS Central System. |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICD | Interface Control Document |
| ICF | Identity Confirmation File |
| Identification | The process of determining a person’s identity through a database search against multiple sets of data (one-to-many check). |