EU weighs decoupling biometric travel database for EES from ETIAS

A policy analysis document has revealed potential plans to decouple two planned EU databases both containing biometric information, the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information Authorisation Scheme (ETIAS).

The "Non paper" was composed by the Belgian delegation to the Council of the European Union, and addressed to the Mixed Committee and Working Party on Frontiers.

The EES is a planned EU IT system, which will automatically monitor the border crossings of non-EU/EEA or Swiss nationals within the bloc, …

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