Glossary

Digital images of the face with sufficient image resolution and quality to be used in automated biometric matching.

A specific authorisation allowing for a facilitated transit, which may be issued by EU countries for multiple entries by any means of land transport.

A specific authorisation allowing for facilitated transit, which may be issued by Member States for a single entry and return by rail. It is meant for the specific and direct transit by land of non-EU country nationals who must necessarily cross the territory of one or more EU countries in order to travel between two parts of their own country, which are not geographically contiguous.

A specific and direct transit by land of a third country national who must necessarily cross the territory of one or several Member States in order to travel between two parts of his own country which are not geographically contiguous.

A specific authorisation allowing for a facilitated transit, which may be issued by Member States for multiple entries by whatever means of land transport. It is meant for the specific and direct transit by land of non-EU country nationals who must necessarily cross the territory of one or more EU countries in order to travel between two parts of their own country which are not geographically contiguous.

The proportion of registrations with insufficient quality of the biometric enrolment.

The procedures that shall be adopted where it is technically impossible to enter data or in the event of failure of the EES. When it is technically impossible to enter data in both the EES Central System (EES-CS) and in the National Uniform Interface (NUI) (e.g. IT System Problems, Cyber Attacks, etc.), the data could be stored in offline mode in the national border infrastructures. If it is also not possible to store the data in the national border infrastructures due to a failure, then the data would have to be stored temporarily in offline mode at the local equipment. When it is technically impossible to temporarily store the data locally in an electronic format. In this case, the border guard should store the data manually.

The proportion of missed matches during a biometric search even though the traveller’s biometric data were registered.

The proportion of returned matches during a biometric search which do not belong to the checked traveller.

The border authority can refuse entry of the third-country national at the border if he/she has a false travel document or a false visa or residence permit.