29.6.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 180/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 603/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 June 2013 on the establishment of 'Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States’ law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes, and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (recast) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 78 (2)(e), 87(2)(a) and 88(2)(a) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission Having regard to the opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor (1), Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3), Whereas: (1) A number of substantive changes are to be made to Council Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 of 11 December 2000 concerning the establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention (%) and to Council Regulation (EC) No 407/2002 of 28 February 2002 laying down certain rules to implement Regulation (EC) No 2725/2000 () OJ C 92 10.4.2010, p. 1. (3) Position of the European Parliament of 12 June 2013 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 20 June 2013. () OJ L 316, 15.12.2000, p. 1. concerning the establishment of "Eurodac" for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of the Dublin Convention (*). In the interest of clarity, those Regulations should be recast. () A common policy on asylum, including a Common European Asylum System, is a constituent part of the European Union’s objective of progressively establishing an area of freedom, security and justice open to those who, forced by circumstances, seek international protection in the Union. (3)  The European Council of 4 November 2004 adopted The Hague Programme which set the objectives to be imple- mented in the area of freedom, security and justice in the period 2005-2010. The European Pact on Immigration and Asylum endorsed by the European Council of 15- 16 October 2008 called for the completion of the estab- lishment of a Common European Asylum System by creating a single procedure comprising common guar- antees and a uniform status for refugees and for persons eligible for subsidiary protection. (4)  For the purposes of applying Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms  for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (°), it is necessary to establish the identity of applicants for inter- national protection and of persons apprehended in () OJ L 62, 5.3.2002, p. 1. (®) See page 31 of this Official Journal.