Entry/Exit System

Entry/Exit System
The Schengen Area
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  Schengen Area
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Policy of European Union
TypeElectronic system for border management
Expected implementation2025
Applicable countries
29 states
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The Entry/Exit System (EES) is a planned system of the European Union for the automatic electronic monitoring and recording of border crossings of third-country nationals (non-EU/EEA/Swiss citizens) at all border crossings of the Schengen Area. The system will be operated by eu-LISA.[1]

The most recently announced start date is "in 2025."[2] After implementation passport stamps will no longer be used upon entering or exiting the Schengen Area.[1] The system will store in a database of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) traveller information including name, date of birth, fingerprints and biometrics for a facial recognition system, and locations and times of border crossings they make.[1]

European Union Regulations

  • Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 327, 9 December 2017, p. 20)
  • Regulation (EU) 2017/2225 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System (OJ L 327, 9 December 2017, p. 1)

References

  1. ^ a b c O'Carroll, Lisa (9 October 2024). "Plan to fingerprint passengers on entry to EU to be delayed again". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  2. ^ European Union, Entry/Exit System (EES), accessed November 14, 2024

See also