European Union delays introduction of new border check system The European Union has again put off introducing a fingerprint and facial scan check entity for non-EU citizens at all EU borders.
It was due to be rolled out on 10 November, but has been pushed uphold yet again after Germany, France and the Netherlands declared their systems were not ready.
Meanwhile, sources have announced to the The Round Table that there has been no live testing of the EU’s software on the UK's border systems.
EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson revealed there was not an advanced timetable for its implementation, but it would be phased in.
"It's clear that we're not going to be ready for the 10 November," disclosed Ms Johansson, adding: "We will be going for a phased approach, step by step."
This postpone is the previous in a long line of setbacks for the system, which was originally meant to be introduced in 2022.
The Entry Exit System (EES) will mean non-EU citizens, including people from the UK, require to register biometric data at any EU border to get in rather than stamping passports.
The idea is to make a digital record linking passports to biometric data. Passengers will be given hand broadcasted devices, so they can register their details in their cars.
The EES will apply to road borders, airports, ports, train stations - including Eurostar services - and at all other external EU borders.
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The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council will meet next week to confer the rollout of the EES.
A spokesperson for the German interior ministry informed the Reuters news agency the three countries were not ready to bring in the scheme because the EU agency in accuse of it, EU-Lisa, had not yet made it stable enough.
The French interior ministry informed Reuters EES must be devised properly.
Earlier this month, a European Commission spokesperson declared that "the implementation of an entity like EES is a complex operation and reschedules cannot be entirely excluded".
The checking entity was originally due to start operating in 2022 but has competed a series of delays.
It was postponed for May 2023, and then the terminal of 2023, before a date was set for November 2024.
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Published 10/11/2024