10/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 9 October, the European Parliament adopted (by 522 votes to 40, with 19 abstentions) the report by Luca Romagnoli (non-attached, Italy) thereby giving its backing to the proposal for a European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) (see EUROPE 9672 and 9712). Member states will retain full responsibility for handling their criminal records, but transfers of information will be made easier through a common data exchange format. The legislative...