Bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record is sent by letter to the requesting judicial authority. Bulletin No. 1 may also be issued by secure electronic means, including where this is provided for by international conventions.
In urgent cases, this may be sent by fax.
If the request for bulletin no. 1 comes from the central authority of a Member State of the European Union, the reply is sent without delay and at the latest within ten working days of receipt of the request or, in the case of a request for additional information addressed to the requesting State for the identification of the person concerned, of the reply sent by that State.