Asylum: Eurodac for the comparison of fingerprints of applicants. Protocol for the Convention

Under consultation procedure, the European Parliament adopted the report by Hubert Pirker (PPE,AT), which rejects the proposal for a Council Act drawing up a Protocol to the Convention concerning the establishment of "Eurodac" for the comparison of fingerprints of applicants for asylum and the accompanying draft protocol, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union. The matter was referred back to committee.�