Glossary
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) | Codified element of identity documents, the purpose of which is to facilitate easier automated scanning of basic personal details of the document holder, such as their full name, document number, nationality, date of birth and the document expiration date. |
| Manual storing | In case it is technically impossible to store the third-country nationals’ information in electronic format and/or in the equipment present at the border, as systems are offline, then a form shall be filled in for manual storing of the information of the third-country nationals to be later registered in the EES, when the EES is online again. |
| manual verification | Manual verification means the assessment by an authority of the outcome of an automated comparison between identities that resulted a MID link or an ETIAS or VIS hit. For this purpose, the authority responsible has access to comparison data. |
| Maximum remaining duration | The maximum remaining duration of authorised stay for third-country nationals registered in the EES. Third-country nationals whose data are to be recorded in the EES shall be informed by the Member State responsible of the right to receive information about the maximum remaining duration of their authorised stay. |
| Means of subsistence | The competent authorities can refuse entry of the third-country national at the border if he/she does not have sufficient means of subsistence in relation to the period and form of stay, or the means to return to the country of origin or transit. |
| Member State (MS) | The 27 Member States which are part of the European Union (EU), and are bound by common EU/Schengen acquis regarding management and control of the EU external borders (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden). There are also 4 Associated Countries or SAC (Switzerland, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein). |
| Member State of Type 1 | The Member States and associated countries which apply the Schengen acquis in full and operate the EES (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland). |
| Member State of Type 2 | The Member States which do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full but operate the EES (Bulgaria and Romania). |
| Member State of Type 3 | The Member States which do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full and do not operate the EES (Croatia and Cyprus). |
| Member State responsible | The Member State which has entered data in the EES. |