Entry/Exit System

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]

Entry/Exit System

Map of the Schengen Area   Schengen Area   Countries with open borders to the Schengen area   Member of the EU committed by treaty to join the Schengen Area in the future
Policy of	European Union
Type	Electronic system for border management
Expected implementation	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_en

The system is expected to start in October 2025.^[2] After implementation, passport stamps will no longer be used upon entering or exiting the Schengen Area.^[1] 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).^[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)