In application of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 and of Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/884 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019, the national criminal records department is competent to query, supply and update the centralised European data processing system known as “ECRIS-TCN”, which enables the central authority of a Member State of the European Union to identify the Member States that hold information on criminal convictions handed down against third-country nationals or stateless persons. It is the central authority within the meaning of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/816. As such, it is responsible for the national processing of personal data necessary for the operation of ECRIS-TCN.