Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record between Member States

In 2009, European Union countries took a decision to introduce a system to exchange information on criminal records with one another. This was with a view to preventing criminals escaping their past by moving to a different EU country from that in which they were convicted.

The framework decision sets out the general principles for the functioning of the system alongside Council Decision 2009/316/JHA, which established the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS).

This Framework Decision repeals Decision 2005/876/JHA.