Transitional measures | Information on IT systems Schengen Area

Must be followed the transitional measures to be applied during the transitional period (as per the EES Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Article 22). Therefore, the competent border authorities shall take into account the stays in the territory of the Member States during the 180 days preceding the entry or the exit by checking the stamps in the travel documents. Where a third-country national has entered the territory of the Member States before the EES has started operations and exits it after the EES has started operations, an individual file shall be created on exit and the date of entry as stamped in the passport shall be entered in the entry/exit record, This rule shall not be limited to the 180 days after the EES has started operations. In case of a discrepancy between the entry stamp and the EES data, the stamp shall prevail.