Deadline for EES Approaches, ETIAS Postponed
According to the Migration and Home Affairs policy section of the European Union, the Entry/Exit System (EES) for registering travellers from third- countries each time they cross the EU external border is expected to be operational by the end of May 2023 1. Here, we take a look at countries’ progress towards that deadline.
The European Commission’s (EC) Smart Borders package was proposed in February 2013, following the EC’s suggestion in 2008 to establish the EES and a Registered Traveller Programme.
In April 2016, the EC adopted a revised legislative proposal for Smart Borders. The revised legislative proposal included a regulation for the establishment of the EES 2.
As the deadline for implementation of the EES approaches so have the efforts of countries to make the system operational.
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