00:02The entry-exit system, the digital system for checking non-EU travellers documents, is creating bottlenecks just as the peak
00:10of the holiday season approaches.
00:13Associations representing airlines and airports asked to suspend the EES in July and August when needed.
00:19The European Commission said it would be meeting representatives of the industry in the coming days.
00:24All efforts are being made to limit the impact on travellers from outside the EU.
00:30In most EU airports this impact is indeed limited and where member states are not able to ensure that the
00:38necessary operational capacity is in place,
00:40that means include sufficient numbers of border guards, appropriate infrastructure and automated border control solutions,
00:48the Commission continues to support them and as well the aviation industry in the implementation of the new system.
00:55The EES, which became fully operational in April, is now in force at land, sea and air external borders of
01:02all 29 countries in the free travel Schengen area.
01:05It is gradually replacing passport stamps with a digital system for short stays, meaning a period of up to 90
01:13days within any 180 days.
01:15Travellers' biometric information such as facial images and fingerprints along with personal data from travel documents are now collected.
01:24This system is meant to make border checks faster and to obstruct irregular migration.
01:30The reform resulted in airports and airlines experiencing operational disruption with flight delays and misconnections.
01:38The insurance team has been on 25 way to suicide and non-smanship.
01:40This system of the Mini, which is by southery, theoueiczona.
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