The evaluation report on the Frontex pilot project "Biometrics on the move" carried out in Portugal/ Lisbon, also the contract with the company commissioned to carry out the project as well as documents on the technical requirements for the kiosk solution tested there. Please find attached three documents in regard to “the contract with the company commissioned to carry out the project as well as documents on the technical requirements for the kiosk solution tested there ”. Some limited parts of the documents had to be expunged as they contain personal data, such as names of individuals and characteristic features which could lead to the identification of individuals. The disclosure of this data would undermine the protection of privacy and the integrity of the individual, in particular in accordance with European Union legislation regarding the protection of personal data and therefore has to be precluded pursuant to Article 4(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.1 One document cannot be released as its disclosure would undermine the protection of commercial interests of legal persons, including intellectual property. In particular, this document contains technical and economic information of the tenderer, in particular information on the competences and working methods, his know-how, internal organisation, cost as well as proposed prices. As no overriding public interest that is objective and general in nature and not indistinguishable from individual or private interests for the release of this document is ascertainable in the present case, this document cannot be released based on Article 4(2) first indent of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001. A partial release of this document was thus not possible. 1 Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43). Frontex - European Border and Coast Guard Agency www.frontex.europa.eu | Pl. Europejski 6, 00-844 Warsaw, Poland | Tel. +48 22 205 95 00 | Fax +48 22 205 95 01

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