Glossary

In the context of the EES, in the case of cargo ships transporting passengers, the passengers must be recorded in the EES and created entry/exit record(s) or refusal of entry record(s) linked to the individual file of that third-country national in the EES.

Any natural or legal person whose occupation it is to provide passenger transport by air, sea or land.

The web service to be developed by eu-LISA (in accordance with Article 37(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 where used for the purposes of Article 13(3) of that Regulation) and consisting of an IT interface connected to a read only database. A secure internet access to a web service (i.e. 'Carrier Interface') shall be available, allowing carriers to verify (prior to boarding/departure) whether third-country nationals holding a short-stay visa issued for one or two entries have already used the number of entries authorised by their visa, and whether the visa is valid, or has expired, or has been revoked or annulled.

The persons or categories of persons to whom the EES is not applicable, such as the ones exempt from border checks or benefiting from specific rules in relation to border checks (e.g. Heads of State, pilots of aircraft and other crew members; seamen; cross-border workers; rescue services, police, fire brigades and border guards, etc.).

Each Member State shall designate a Central Access Point (CAP) which shall have access to the EES. The Central Access Point shall verify that the conditions to request access to the EES (laid down in Article 32 of the EES Regulation (EU) 2017/2226) are fulfilled.

Technical support function of the Central SIS, composed of:

(i) a technical support function (‘CS-SIS’) containing a database, (the ‘SIS database’), and including a backup CS-SIS,

(ii) a uniform national interface (‘NI-SIS’).

Children who leave their home to travel to a conflict zone outside the Union.

In the EES, children under the age of 12 shall be exempt from the requirement to give fingerprints.

A common identity repository (CIR), creating an individual file for each person that is registered in the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac or ECRIS-TCN containing identity, travel document and biometric data, is established for the purpose of facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in those systems, of supporting the functioning of the MID and of facilitating access by designated authorities and Europol to the EES, VIS, ETIAS and Eurodac.

All identities within an EU information system that are considered belonging to the same person are stored in one CIR individual file for that EU information system.