The director of the national institute of statistics and economic studies shall communicate to the automated national criminal records department the surnames, forenames, dates and places of birth and sex of persons over the age of twelve who appear in the national identification register, as well as any changes to which these data may have been subject.
This communication, carried out on magnetic media or by secure electronic means, takes place periodically, at least once a year. It may be carried out by several separate mailings.
The automated national criminal records department may not use the extract from the national register for the identification of natural persons that is communicated to it for purposes other than verifying the identity:
a) Of persons whose criminal records are requested;
b) Of persons entered in the automated national criminal file for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences, in its capacity as manager of the said file, in accordance with Articles 706-53-3, R. 53-8-3 and R. 53-8-24 ;
c) Persons entered in the automated national judicial file for perpetrators of terrorist offences, in its capacity as manager of the said file, in accordance with articles 706-25-5 and R. 50-32;
d) Persons registered in the Directory of Personal Data Collected in the Course of Judicial Proceedings (REDEX), in its capacity as manager of said file, in accordance with articles 706-56-2 and R. 53-21-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Under no circumstances is the number allocated by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques to be used as a basis for identity checks communicated to the automated national criminal records department.