Editing Schengen Information System (section)

== Introduction ==
SIS information is stored according to the [[legislation]] of each participating country. There are more than 46 million entries (called "alerts") in SIS, most about lost identity documents.<ref>[http://www.statewatch.org/news/2013/mar/eu-council-sis-stats-7389-13.pdf SIS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109124819/http://www.statewatch.org/news/2013/mar/eu-council-sis-stats-7389-13.pdf |date=9 November 2013 }} Statewatch 2013</ref> Person alerts make up around 1.9 percent of the database (about 885,000 records). Each alert contains information such as: name, date of birth, gender, nationality, aliases, arms or history of violence, the reason for the alert and the action to be taken if the person is encountered. SIS does not record travellers' entries and exits from the [[Schengen Area]].<ref>[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:5c20aef7-fca4-11e5-b713-01aa75ed71a1.0001.02/DOC_2&format=PDF Commission staff working document: impact assessment report on the establishment of an EU entry exit system] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143022/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar%3A5c20aef7-fca4-11e5-b713-01aa75ed71a1.0001.02%2FDOC_2&format=PDF |date=20 April 2017 }} Eulex 6 April 2016 p 11 Accessed 19 April 2017</ref><ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/doc_centre/borders/docs/1_en_act_part1_v12.pdf Proposal for a regulation of the European parliament and of the council establishing an entry/exit system (EES) to register entry and exit data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the member states of the European Union] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511142157/http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/doc_centre/borders/docs/1_en_act_part1_v12.pdf |date=11 May 2013 }} Europa p 2. Accessed 12 October 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/mar/eeu-council-schengen-entry-exit-questionnaire-8552-add3-09.pdf Council of the European Union: questionnaire on the possible creation of a system of electronic recording of entries and exits of third country nationals in the Schengen area (reply from Greece)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412182303/http://www.statewatch.org/news/2012/mar/eeu-council-schengen-entry-exit-questionnaire-8552-add3-09.pdf |date=12 April 2012 }} Statewatch 2013.</ref><ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-141_en.htm Smart borders for an open and secure Europe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304140502/http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-141_en.htm |date=4 March 2013 }} Europa.</ref>