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2016/0105(COD) Schengen Borders Code: use of the Entry/Exit System (EES)
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead LIBE DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA Agustín (EPP) FAJON Tanja (S&D), HALLA-AHO Jussi (ECR), MLINAR Angelika (ALDE), VERGIAT Marie-Christine (GUE/NGL), ALBRECHT Jan Philipp (Verts/ALE), VON STORCH Beatrix (EFD)
Lead committee dossier: LIBE/8/06159
Legal Basis TFEU 077-p2

Activites

  • #3528
  • 2017/03/27 Council Meeting
  • 2017/03/08 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2017/02/27 Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with report adopted in committee
  • 2017/02/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2016/05/09 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2016/04/06 Legislative proposal published
    • COM(2016)0196 summary
    • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/migration-and-home-affairs_en', 'title': 'Migration and Home Affairs'}, AVRAMOPOULOS Dimitris

Documents

  • Legislative proposal published: COM(2016)0196
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0059/2017
  • Debate in Council: 3528
AmendmentsDossier
90 2016/0105(COD)
2017/01/16 LIBE 90 amendments...
source: PE-597.484

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the report by Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA (EPP, ES) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System.

    The committee recommended that the European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

    Standards for automated border control systems: Members called for an automated border control system designed in such a way that they can be used by all persons, with the exception of children under 12 years of age. They shall also be designed in a way that fully respects human dignity, in particular in cases involving vulnerable persons. Where Member States decide to use automated border control systems, they shall ensure the presence of a sufficient number of staff to assist persons with the use of such systems.

    The Commission in close cooperation with eu-LISA shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts concerning the adoption of additional technical standards for automated border control systems.

    Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State on the matter.

    Lightened formalities: Members set down technical provisions for the implementation of national programmes to alleviate border formalities. Where a person is granted access to a national facilitation programme established by a Member State, the border checks carried out through a self-service system on entry may not include examination of certain aspects when crossing the external borders of that Member State or the external borders of another Member State having concluded an agreement) with that Member State.

    In the case of third-country nationals benefiting from a national facilitation programme, border guards may carry out the verifications on entry and on exit without electronically comparing biometrics but by comparing a facial image taken from the chip and the facial image of the third country national´s individual EES file with the third-country national. Full verification shall be carried out at random and on the basis of a risk analysis.

    Risk assessment: an adequate level of security shall be established between national facilitation programmes and the EES following a proper information security risk assessment. When establishing such a national facilitation programme, Member States shall, in close cooperation with eu-LISA, ensure data security standards equivalent to those laid down in the Regulation establishing the Entry/Exit System (EES). Member States shall conduct a proper information security risk assessment and security responsibilities shall be made clear for all steps of the process.

    Separate lanes: where Member States decide to establish a national facilitation programme, they may decide to use specific lanes for third-country nationals who benefit from such a national facilitation programme.

    Annex: it is provided to amend the Annex to the Regulation so as to specify that the person concerned by a control should be informed that her/his personal data and information on this refusal of entry are entered into the Entry/Exit System (EES). The person concerned has the right to obtain the data relating to her/him recorded in the EES and may request that data relating to her/him which are inaccurate be rectified and that data recorded unlawfully be erased.

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  • PURPOSE: to amend Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on the Schengen Borders Code as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System.

    PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council.

    BACKGROUND: in February 2013, the Commission tabled a package of legislative proposals on Smart Borders to modernise the Schengen area’s external border management. Since then, technical, financial and operational concerns on certain aspects of the design of the systems have been brought to light.

    Therefore, the Commission has decided to:

    CONTENT: this proposal aims to amend Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code).

    The proposed amendments are due to the proposed establishment of an Entry Exit System (EES) for which a legislative proposal is presented simultaneously.

    The current proposal replaces the 2013 proposal and integrates the following, inter alia, into the Schengen Borders Code:

    Definitions: additional definitions of the EES, self-service system, e-gate and Automated Border Control (ABC) system.

    Border checks on persons: the obligation to check the authenticity of all travel documents that contain an electronic storage medium using valid certificates has been added.

    Provisions have been laid down as regards the use of automated border control systems for EU/EEA/CH citizens and for third country nationals who hold a residence card.

    National facilitation programmes: the proposal foresees the possibility for each Member State to introduce national facilitation programmes on a voluntary basis.

    Relaxation of border checks: the obligation to always enter the data of the traveller into the EES while entering or exiting the Schengen area is highlighted. Even in situations of relaxation of border check procedures the registration in the EES shall be carried out. Fall-back solutions are proposed in case of technical impossibility to enter data in the Central System of the EES or in case of failure of the Central System of the EES.

    Stamping of the travel document: given that the new EES targets the abolition of stamping on entry and exit of the travel documents of third country nationals admitted for a short stay, the obligation to systematically stamp on entry and exit the travel documents of third country nationals admitted for a short stay is deleted. However, where expressly provided under national legislation, the new proposal foresees the possibility, for each Member State to stamp on entry and exit the travel document of those third country nationals holding a residence permit issued by that same Member State.

    Refusal of entry: the proposal foresees that data on third country nationals whose entry for a short stay [or for a stay on the basis of a touring visa] has been refused shall be registered in the EES.

    Territorial provisions: the proposed Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom and Ireland do not take part. Therefore, they shall not be bound by it or subject to its application.

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