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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."
Under the entry-exit system, British travellers to the Schengen Area can expect to be fingerprinted and provide a facial biometric ... No. Were the UK still in the EU, neither EES nor Etias would ...
The entry-exit system aims to capture personal data from all “third-country nationals ... But exactly a month before EES was due to be launched, the EU quietly revealed it has been postponed ...
The EU claims the entry/exit system will save time, saying: “The EES replaces passport stamping and automates border control procedures, making travelling to European countries using the EES ...
The Entry/Exit System (EES) is a new large-scale IT system being developed by eu-LISA that will enable the recording of entry and exit of third country nationals (TCN) to and from the Schengen Area.
ETIAS is required for entry by land, air and sea to 30 European countries, including the 29 member states of the Schengen Area, as well as Cyprus. Ireland, which is part of the Common Travel Area, is the only member state of the European Union that continues to have its own visa policy and does not plan to join the Schengen Area or to require ETIAS.
Eurostar wrote that it has decided to remove SmartCheck “as we continue to make some changes at the station in preparation for the launch of the EU’s new Entry/Exit System (EES)”.
In 2017, the EU adopted a regulation to establish an Entry/Exit System (EES) to record electronically the entry and exit of third-country nationals to and from the Schengen Area in a central database, replacing the manual stamping of passports. The goals are to increase automation of border control and to identify overstayers.