International Protection Act 2026

Amendment of section 12(2) of Act of 2018

309. Section 12(2) of the Act of 2018 is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) Regulation (EU) 2024/1358 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 202429 on the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of biometric data in order to effectively apply Regulations (EU) 2024/1351 and (EU) 2024/1350 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 2001/55/EC and to identify illegally staying third-country nationals and stateless persons and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, amending Regulations (EU) 2018/1240 and (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council,”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “stateless person (recast), and” for “stateless person (recast).”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 202430 on asylum and migration management, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1147 and (EU) 2021/1060 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 604/2013.”.

29 OJ L, 2024/1358, 22.5.2024

30 OJ L, 2024/1351, 22.5.2024