EU: Entry-Exit system (EES): Nearing agreement - some "technical" issues still outstanding
03 July 2017
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Entry-Exit system
(EES): Nearing agreement - some "technical" issues
still outstanding
3.7.17
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• Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System (Doc no: 10535-17, pdf):
The last political trilogue
under the Maltese Presidency is scheduled for 29 June. A number
of outstanding issues remain to be solved on this occasion in
order to reach a political agreement and meet the objective set
by the European Council:.
"The interinstitutional negotiations started on 23 March
2017. 15 technical meetings and 5 political trilogues have been
held so far..... "Considerable progress has been achieved
so far and the Presidency managed to defend the Council position
on crucial issues such as the conditions for law enforcement
access, the territorial scope of the Regulation and the data
retention period for overstayers."
• State of play (LIMITE doc no: 10823-17,pdf)
The outstanding issues on 29 June were:
1. Bilateral agreements
(Article 64(5)(h))
2. Schengen Borders Code (Article 8a, 8b, 8d)
3. Calculator (Article 10(4))
4. Access to the EES by asylum authorities (Articles 25a and
25b and related provisions)
5. Enrolment of biometrics in case of refusal of entry (Article
16)
6. Transfer of data to third countries (Article 38)
7. Structure of Article 5
8. Data Retention (Article 31)
• 4-column documents: ADD - 1 (10545-17, 265 pages, 26 June, pdf) and ADD - 2 (10545-17, 27 June, 99 pages, pdf)
• Council press release: 30 June 2017 (pdf):
"[agreement with] European Parliament representatives on 29 June on the political issues of a proposal for an Entry-Exit System and a proposal amending the Schengen Border Code in relation to the Entry-Exit System, with a view to an overall agreement once the remaining technical issues are addressed."
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