Glossary
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Biometric identification | The identification of third-country nationals using biometric data, namely fingerprint data and facial image. It is a mean of identifying or confirming the identity of the third-country national by the measurement of the person's biometric characteristics. |
| biometric matching errors | The MID algorithm might lead to matching errors related to biometric data (biometric matching errors). Biometric matching errors can concern a biometric false acceptance or a biometric false rejection. |
| Biometric template | A mathematical representation obtained by feature extraction from biometric data limited to the characteristics necessary to perform identifications and verifications. |
| Biometric update | An update of the biometric data is necessary where, after a verification process, it is discovered that the new biometric data submitted for verification has better quality, or current one is not enough / has insufficient quality, than the one in the EES (facial image or fingerprint set), or that missing biometric data can now be captured (e.g. temporary impossibility for providing fingerprints). |
| blank official documents | Official documents which are not yet filled in or used. |
| Border | A physical place where border checks are made and where the entry/exit of a third-country national is decided (by, for instance, by the border authorities (e.g. airports borders)). |
| Border authority | The border guard assigned in accordance with national law to carry out border checks (as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399). |
| Border checks | The checks carried out at border crossing points, to ensure that persons, including their means of transport and the objects in their possession, may be authorised to enter the territory of the Member States or authorised to leave it. |
| Border control | The activity carried out at a border (in accordance with and for the purposes of the EES Regulation (EU) 2017/2226) in response exclusively to an intention to cross or the act of crossing that border, regardless of any other consideration, consisting of border checks and border surveillance. |
| Border crossing point (BCP) | Any crossing-point authorised by the competent authorities for the crossing of external borders. |