The EU’s long-delayed electronic border control system is now expected to become operational in October 2025, however the rollout will take place over a six-month period.
EU Home Affairs Ministers on 5 March endorsed a revised timeline for the implementation of the Entry-Exit System (EES), which had been due to launch last November, and endorsed a “progressive start of operations” that will see 29 countries in the Schengen Zone gradually introduce the system over a period of six months.
The progressive rollout will “give border authorities and the transport industry more time to adjust to the new procedures”, according to a statement by the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs.
EES is a biometric system that…
