Entry/Exit System

Entry/Exit System

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Policy of	European Union
Type	Electronic system for border management
Expected implementation	12 October 2025
Applicable countries	29 states   Austria   Belgium   Bulgaria   Croatia   Czech Republic   Denmark   Estonia   Finland   France   Germany   Greece   Hungary   Iceland   Italy   Latvia   Liechtenstein   Lithuania   Luxembourg   Malta   Netherlands   Norway   Poland   Portugal   Romania   Slovakia   Slovenia   Spain   Sweden   Switzerland
Website	travel-europe.europa.eu/ees

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, to be operated by eu-LISA, will be implemented over a 6 month period beginning on 12 October 2025 and ending on 10 April 2026. ^{[1] [2]} After full implementation on 10 April 2026, passport stamps will no longer be used upon entering or exiting the Schengen Area. ^[2] The system will store information including name, date of birth, fingerprints and biometrics for a facial recognition system, and locations and times of border crossings in a database of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). ^[2]

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. "EU Readies for Phased Launch of Entry/Exit System". eu-LISA . 12 May 2025.
2. "Entry/Exit System". European Union. 14 April 2025 – via Europa.

See also

• United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)

External links

• Entry/Exit System (EES) via Europa
• New requirements to travel to Europe: Home / ETIAS / EES (Entry/Exit System)