The European Union introduced that it was suspending the brand new automated border management system for non-EU residents as some international locations are usually not ready to implement it.
The so-called Entry/Exit System (EES), which can put off passport stamps, was imagined to kick in on Nov. 10.
But European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson stated that the beginning date was “no longer on the table” as France, Germany and the Netherlands weren’t prepared.
“I hope that we can start as soon as possible, but there’s no new timeline so far,” she instructed journalists after a gathering of the bloc’s inside ministers in Luxembourg.
The fee favored a brand new phased method, with the brand new system initially carried out at some border crossings solely, however this relied on a brand new authorized evaluation, she stated.
Concerns had been raised too over the “resilience of the system,” she added.
Under the EES, vacationers to the bloc may have particulars and biometric information – facial photos and fingerprints – collected at ports of entry.
First agreed on in 2017, the automated system will substitute guide passport stamping. It will document guests’ date of entry and exit and maintain monitor of overstays and refused entries.
But its upcoming introduction has raised fears of queues and longer ready occasions for folks touring to Europe on trains, ferries and planes.
A British parliamentary committee earlier this yr stated some British passengers may initially count on delays of as much as 14 hours.
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