Entry Exit System (EES)
04.12.2025 / 11:44 | Aktualizováno: 04.12.2025 / 12:32
The Entry/Exit System (EES) is an automated digital border system that registers entry and exit of non-EU citizens travelling for short-term visits (up to 90 days) in and out of the Schengen Area. It is used as of October 12, 2025 by the EU Member States except of Cyprus and Ireland + by Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
When crossing the external border of the Schengen Area, the EES registers personal data from the passport data page, biometric identifiers (fingerprints and photograph) and the date and place of entry and exit.
The EES registers foreign nationals who require visas as well as those who travel visa-free.
The EES will gradually during the 6-month transition period) replace manual passport stamping.
Legal Sources:
○ Regulation (EU) 2025/1534 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2025 on temporary derogations from certain provisions of Regulations (EU) 2017/2226 and (EU) 2016/399 as regards the progressive start of operations of the Entry/Exit System
○ 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
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