1.   Interoperability between the ETIAS Information System, on the one hand, and other EU information systems and Europol data, on the other hand, shall be established to enable the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, Article 23, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of this Regulation and shall rely on the European Search Portal (‘ESP’), established by Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*7), from the date referred to in Article 72(1b) of Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Article 68(1b) of Regulation (EU) 2019/818.

2.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (i) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query VIS with the following data provided by applicants under points (a), (aa), (c) and (d) of Article 17(2):

3.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (g) and (h) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query the EES with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) of Article 17(2):

4.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (c), (m)(ii) and (o) of Article 20(2) and in Article 23 of this Regulation, the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, Article 23, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of this Regulation shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query SIS, as established by Regulations (EU) 2018/1860 and (EU) 2018/1861, with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) and (k) of Article 17(2) of this Regulation:

5.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (a), (d) and (m)(i) of Article 20(2) and in Article 23(1) of this Regulation, the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, Article 23, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of this Regulation shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query SIS, as established by Regulation (EU) 2018/1862, with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) and (k) of Article 17(2) of this Regulation:

6.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (n) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query ECRIS-TCN with the following data provided by applicants under points (a) to (d) of Article 17(2):

7.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (j) of Article 20(2), the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) shall enable the ETIAS Central System to query Europol data with the data referred to in points (a), (aa), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (j), (k) and (m) of Article 17(2) and in Article 17(8).

8.   Where the automated verifications pursuant to Articles 20 and 23 report a hit, the ESP shall provide the ETIAS Central Unit with temporary read-only access to the results of those automated verifications. In the case of the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, that access shall be provided in the application file until the end of the manual processing pursuant to Article 22(2). Where the data made available correspond to those of the applicant or where, after the automated verifications pursuant to Articles 20 and 23, doubts remain, the unique reference number of the record in the queried EU information systems of the data having triggered the hit shall be kept in the application file.

Where the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20 report a hit, those automated verifications shall receive the appropriate notification in accordance with Article 21(1a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/794.

9.   A hit shall be triggered where all or some of the data from the application file used for the query correspond fully or partially to the data present in a record, alert or file of the other EU information systems consulted. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 89 in order to specify the conditions for the correspondence between the data present in a record, alert or file of the other EU information systems consulted and an application file.

10.   For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission, shall, by means of an implementing act, establish the technical arrangements for the implementation of point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) related to data retention. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 90(2).

11.   For the purpose of Articles 25(2), 28(8) and 29(9), when registering the data related to hits in the application file, the origin of the data shall be indicated by the following data:

The data referred to in points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph shall only be accessible and visible by the ETIAS Central Unit where the ETIAS Central System is not able to identify the Member State responsible.

1.   For the purpose of implementing Article 41(8), an automated process, using the secure communication channel referred to in point (da) of Article 6(2), shall query the EES Central System to verify that applicants requesting the revocation of their travel authorisations are not present on the territory of the Member States.

2.   Where the outcome of the verification in the EES Central System under paragraph 1 indicates that the applicant is not present on the territory of the Member States, the revocation shall be effective immediately.

3.   Where the outcome of the verification under paragraph 1 of this Article indicates that the applicant is present on the territory of the Member States, Article 41(8) shall apply. The EES Central System shall record the fact that a notification is to be sent to the ETIAS Central System as soon as an entry/exit record indicating that the applicant having requested revocation of the travel authorisation has left the territory of the Member States has been created.’;

1.   The ETIAS Central System shall query the Interpol Stolen and Lost Travel Document database (SLTD) and the Interpol Travel Documents Associated with Notices database (TDAWN).

2.   Any queries and verification shall be performed in such a way that no information is revealed to the owner of the Interpol alert.

3.   If the implementation of paragraph 2 is not ensured, the ETIAS Central System shall not query the Interpol databases.’;

1.   Without prejudice to Article 13(1), the duly authorised staff of the ETIAS National Units shall have direct access to and may consult, in a read-only format, the other EU information systems for the purposes of examining applications for travel authorisation and adopting decisions relating to those applications in accordance with Article 26. The ETIAS National Units may consult:

2.   Insofar as a hit results from the verification pursuant to point (n) of Article 20(2), the duly authorised staff of the ETIAS National Units shall also have access, directly or indirectly, in accordance with national law, to the relevant data from the national criminal records of their own Member State in order to obtain information on third-country nationals, as defined in Regulation (EU) 2019/816, convicted of a terrorist offence or any other criminal offence listed in the Annex to this Regulation, for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.’;

1.   From the date of the start of operations of ETIAS, as determined in accordance with Article 88(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the VIS shall be connected to the ESP to enable the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), and point (b) of Article 54(1) of that Regulation.

2.   The automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), and point (b) of Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 shall enable the verifications provided for in Article 20 of that Regulation and the subsequent verifications provided for in Articles 22 and 26 of that Regulation.

For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (i) of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central System shall use the ESP to compare the data stored in ETIAS with the data stored in the VIS, in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation, using the data listed in the correspondence table set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

1.   For the purpose of performing the tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central Unit shall have the right to access and search relevant VIS data in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation.

2.   Where a verification by the ETIAS Central Unit in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 confirms a correspondence between data recorded in the ETIAS application file and VIS data or where after such verification doubts remain, the procedure set out in Article 26 of that Regulation shall apply.

1.   ETIAS National Units, as referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall consult the VIS using the same alphanumerical data as those used for the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) of that Regulation.

2.   The ETIAS National Units shall have temporary access to consult the VIS, in a read-only format, for the purpose of examining applications for travel authorisation pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. The ETIAS National Units may consult the data referred to in Articles 9 to 14 of this Regulation.

3.   Following consultation of the VIS by ETIAS National Units, as referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, duly authorised staff of the ETIAS National Units shall record the result of the consultation only in the ETIAS application files.’;

‘ANNEX II

Correspondence table

1.   An automated process, using the secure communication channel referred to in point (da) of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall enable the EES to create or update the entry/exit record or the refusal of entry record of a visa exempt third-country national in the EES in accordance with Articles 14, 17 and 18 of this Regulation.

Where an entry/exit record or a refusal of entry record of a visa exempt third-country national is created, the automated process referred to in the first subparagraph shall enable the EES Central System:

2.   An automated process, using the secure communication channel referred to in point (da) of Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall enable the EES to process queries received from the ETIAS Central System and to send the corresponding answers in accordance with Article 11c and Article 41(8) of that Regulation. Where necessary, the EES Central System shall record the fact that a notification is to be sent to the ETIAS Central System as soon as an entry/exit record indicating that the applicant having requested revocation of the travel authorisation has left the territory of the Member States has been created.

1.   From the date of the start of operations of ETIAS, as determined in accordance with Article 88(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the EES Central System shall be connected to the ESP to enable the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of that Regulation.

2.   Without prejudice to Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of that Regulation shall enable the verifications provided for in Article 20 of that Regulation and the subsequent verifications provided for in Articles 22 and 26 of that Regulation.

For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (g) and (h) of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central System shall use the ESP to compare the data stored in ETIAS with EES data, in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation, using the data listed in the correspondence table set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

The verifications referred to in points (g) and (h) of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 shall be without prejudice to the specific rules provided for in Article 24(3) of that Regulation.’;

1.   Where it is technically impossible to proceed with the verification referred to in Article 13(3), because of a failure of any part of the EES, the carriers shall be exempt from the obligation to verify whether the third-country national holding a short-stay visa issued for one or two entries has already used the number of entries authorised by their visa. Where such a failure is detected by eu-LISA, the ETIAS Central Unit shall notify the carriers and the Member States. It shall also notify the carriers and the Member States when the failure is remedied. Where such a failure is detected by the carriers, they may notify the ETIAS Central Unit. The ETIAS Central Unit shall inform the Member States without delay about the notification of the carriers.

2.   Where, for other reasons than a failure of any part of the EES, it is technically impossible for a carrier to proceed with the verification referred to in Article 13(3) for a prolonged period of time, the carrier shall notify the ETIAS Central Unit. The ETIAS Central Unit shall inform the Member States without delay about the notification of that carrier.

3.   The Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, lay down the details of the fall-back procedures referred to in this Article. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 68(2).

4.   The ETIAS Central Unit shall provide operational support to carriers in relation to paragraphs 1 and 2. The ETIAS Central Unit shall establish standard operational procedures setting out how such support is to be provided. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, adopt further detailed rules relating to the support to be provided and to the means to provide such support. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 68(2).’;

1.   For the purpose of performing the tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central Unit shall have the right to access and search EES data in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation.

2.   Where a verification by the ETIAS Central Unit in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 confirms a correspondence between data recorded in the ETIAS application file and EES data or where after such verification doubts remain, the procedure set out in Article 26 of that Regulation shall apply.

1.   ETIAS National Units, as referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, shall consult the EES using the same alphanumerical data as those used for the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of that Regulation.

2.   The ETIAS National Units shall have access to and may consult the EES, in a read-only format, for the purpose of examining applications for travel authorisation, pursuant to Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. The ETIAS National Units may consult the data referred to in Articles 16 to 18 of this Regulation, without prejudice to Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240.

3.   Following consultation of the EES by ETIAS National Units, as referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, duly authorised staff of the ETIAS National Units shall record the result of the consultation only in the ETIAS application files.’;

ANNEX III

Correspondence table

1.   For the purpose of performing the tasks conferred on it by Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central Unit, established within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation, shall have the right to access and search relevant data entered in SIS in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation. Article 36(4) to (8) of this Regulation shall apply to that access and search.

2.   Without prejudice to Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, where a verification by the ETIAS Central Unit in accordance with Article 22 of that Regulation confirms a correspondence between data recorded in the ETIAS application file and an alert in SIS or where after such verification doubts remain, the procedure set out in Article 26 of that Regulation shall apply.

1.   From the date of the start of operations of ETIAS, as determined in accordance with Article 88(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the Central SIS shall be connected to the ESP to enable the automated verifications pursuant to Article 20, Article 23, point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6), Article 41 and point (b) of Article 54(1) of that Regulation and the subsequent verifications provided for in Articles 22 and 26 of that Regulation.

2.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in points (c), (m)(ii) and (o) of Article 20(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central System shall use the ESP to compare the data referred to in Article 11(4) of that Regulation to data in SIS in accordance with Article 11(8) of that Regulation.

3.   For the purpose of proceeding with the verifications referred to in point (c)(ii) of Article 24(6) and point (b) of Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the ETIAS Central System shall use the ESP to regularly verify whether an alert for refusal of entry and stay entered in SIS which gave rise to the refusal, annulment or revocation of a travel authorisation has been deleted.

4.   Pursuant to Article 41(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, where a new alert for refusal of entry and stay is entered in SIS, Central SIS shall transmit the data referred to in points (a) to (d), (f) to (i) and (s) to (v) of Article 20(2) of this Regulation to the ETIAS Central System, using the ESP, in order to verify whether that new alert corresponds to a valid travel authorisation.’.