Traveling to the EU as before: Delayed implementation of the new system
Citizens of Serbia, however, will not have to apply for travel to the European Union from November 10.
The European Commission made a decision to postpone the introduction of the entry and exit system at the external borders of the European Union (EES), which was supposed to start working on November 10, announced EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ilva Johansson.
“It is clear that it will not be on November 10. Also, there are concerns about the resilience of IT systems,” Johansson said after the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting.
She pointed out that three countries are not ready to implement system until November 10, when the system was supposed to take effect. According to the media, it is about Germany, France and the Netherlands.
The EES provides that, before each trip to the EU, you register via an online form or a mobile application. As part of the application, you will need to enter your basic information, the time of entry and exit from the EU and any information about travel bans, participation in wars, and the like.
Registration is mandatory before each trip and is completely free, and the travel confirmation arrives immediately.
When you start your journey, at the border the officers will take your biometric data (imprint of 4 fingers of the right hand and a scan of the pupil of the eye), which remain in the system for further use, so the next time you cross the border, the biometric data will only be checked. EES is the first part of the border control system, and its second part is called ETIAS – the system for issuing permits for entering the EU.
And while you must apply to the EES before each entry into the EU, ETIAS is a travel permit that is valid for three years or until the passport expires, regardless of the number of trips. Its price is seven euros. In most cases, the procedure will last only a few minutes, but in some cases it can last up to 30 days.
The authorities warn travelers that there may be congestion at the borders in the first months of implementation of this system, but they claim that the complete system will speed up the procedures, and thus significantly reduce the time to cross the border, once it is fully established.
Source: N1, Tanjug, 021
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