1. Where a decision has been taken by the border authority, in accordance with Article 14 of and Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/399, to refuse the entry of a third-country national for a short stay on the territory of the Member States and where no previous file is recorded in the EES for that third-country national, the border authority shall create an individual file in which it shall enter:
(a)
for third-country nationals subject to a visa requirement, the alphanumeric data required pursuant to Article 16(1) of this Regulation and, where relevant, the data referred to in Article 16(6) of this Regulation;
(b)
for visa-exempt third-country nationals, the alphanumeric data required pursuant to Article 17(1) of this Regulation.
2. Where the third-country national is refused entry on the basis of a reason corresponding to point B, D or H of Part B of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 and where no previous file with biometric data is recorded in the EES for that third-country national, the border authority shall create an individual file in which it shall enter the alphanumeric data required pursuant to Article 16(1) or Article 17(1) of this Regulation, as appropriate, as well as the following data:
(a)
for third-country nationals subject to a visa requirement, the facial image referred to in point (d) of Article 16(1) of this Regulation;
(b)
for visa-exempt third-country nationals, the biometric data required pursuant to points (b) and (c) of Article 17(1) of this Regulation;
(c)
for third-country nationals subject to a visa requirement who are not registered in the VIS, the facial image referred to in point (d) of Article 16(1) of this Regulation and the fingerprint data as referred to point (c) of Article 17(1) of this Regulation.
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2 of this Article, where the reason corresponding to point H of Part B of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 applies and the biometric data of the third-country national are recorded in the SIS alert that results in the refusal of entry, the biometric data of the third-country national shall not be entered in the EES.
4. Where the third-country national is refused entry on the basis of a reason corresponding to point I of Part B of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 and where no previous file with biometric data is recorded in the EES for that third-country national, the biometric data shall only be entered in the EES where the entry is refused because the third-country national is considered to be a threat to internal security, including, where appropriate, elements of public policy.
5. Where a third-country national is refused entry on the basis of a reason corresponding to point J of Part B of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the border authority shall create the individual file of that third-country national without adding biometric data. If the third-country national possesses an eMRTD, the facial image shall be extracted from that eMRTD.
6. Where a decision has been taken by the border authority, in accordance with Article 14 of and Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/399, to refuse the entry of a third-country national for a short stay to the territory of the Member States, the following data shall be entered in a separate refusal of entry record:
(a)
the date and time of refusal of entry;
(b)
the border crossing point;
(c)
the authority that refused the entry;
(d)
the point or points corresponding to the reasons for refusing entry in accordance with Part B of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2016/399.
In addition, for third-country nationals subject to a visa requirement, the data provided for in points (d) to (g) of Article 16(2) of this Regulation shall be entered in the refusal of entry record.
In order to create or update the refusal of entry record of third-country nationals subject to a visa requirement, the data provided for in points (d), (e) and (f) of Article 16(2) of this Regulation may be retrieved from the VIS and imported into the EES by the competent border authority in accordance with Article 18a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008.
7. The refusal of entry record provided for in paragraph 6 shall be linked to the individual file of the third-country national concerned.