15.7.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 186/1 (Non-legislative acts) DECISIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 1 July 2011 amending the SIRENE Manual (notified under document C(2011) 4574) (Only the Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2011/406/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 378/2004 of 19 February 2004 on procedures for amending the SIRENE Manual ('), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 2004/201/JHA of 19 February 2004 on procedures for amending the SIRENE Manual (), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1)  The SIRENE Manual constitutes a set of instructions to operators in the SIRENE bureaux of each Member State which establishes the rules and procedures governing the bilateral or multilateral exchange of supplementary information which is required to implement correctly certain provisions of the Convention of 1990 imple- menting the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders (%) (the Schengen Convention). (2)  Standards of working procedures of the SIRENE bureaux and the Union law relevant to the supplementary information exchange between SIRENE bureaux have developed over time. The SIRENE Manual has not been amended since 2007. As a result, amendments are now required in order to guarantee uniformity of working procedures and ensure alignment with developments of the Union law relevant to the supplementary information () O] L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 5. () O] L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 45. () O] L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 19. (3) ) ) O] O] exchange between SIRENE bureaux. Given the extent of the necessary amendments to the provisions of the SIRENE Manual it is appropriate to replace the current text of the SIRENE Manual with a revised version. Provisions on the protection of personal data and security of data in the Schengen Information System are set out in the Schengen Convention. In the absence of specific provisions of the Convention, Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of indi- viduals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (%) is applicable to the exchange of supplementary information relating to alerts for refusal of entry. In the absence of specific provisions of the Convention, Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (°) applies to the exchange of supplementary information relating to all other alerts. In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the former Protocol on the position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark did not take part in the adoption of Regulation (EC) No 378/2004 and is not bound by it nor subject to its application. However, given that Regulation (EC) No 378/2004 built upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the former Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, decided to implement this acquis in its national law. Denmark took part in the adoption of Decision 2004/201/JHA. It is therefore bound to implement this Decision. L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. L 350, 30.12.2008, p. 60.