Registration for:
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EES, the Entry/Exit System and
- ETIAS, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System,
is now available for:
- air carriers,
- sea carriers and
- international carriers transporting groups overland by coach
through the eu-LISA website, using the following link: bit.ly/eu-LISA-Carriers.
The registration enables carriers to receive all information necessary for the preparation of their respective systems and business processes in order to consult the EU IT systems managed by eu-LISA, as the latter is regulated in the EES and ETIAS legislation.
According to EU law, specifically Regulations
2021/1217 and
2021/1224, carriers are obliged to query the EES and ETIAS systems to receive answers regarding the status of travellers prior to boarding.
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EES, the Entry/Exit System, replaces the manual stamping of passports with an electronic record of entries and exits, and carriers will verify if a third-country national travelling to the EU with a short-stay, single or double entry visa has already used the number of entries authorised by their visa.
- For
ETIAS, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System, carriers will have to verify, prior to boarding, that their visa-exempt passengers have a valid travel authorisation.
To find out more information, consult the dedicated
eu-LISA webpage for:
- step-by-step instructions,
- requirements,
- registration options (currently "System2System" is the available and preferred option),
- as well as specific forms that can be downloaded in order to facilitate their registration and future interactions.
The Forms indicated in step 4 above should be filled in electronically, and sent by e-mail to: carriers_onboarding@eulisa.europa.eu
An overview of the registration process is presented in the infographic below:
