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ETIAS Regulation In force since 9 October 2018

Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)
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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter
• Article 2 — Scope
• Article 3 — Definitions
• Article 4 — Objectives of ETIAS
• Article 5 — General structure of ETIAS
• Article 6 — Establishment and technical architecture of the ETIAS Information System
• Article 7 — ETIAS Central Unit
• Article 8 — ETIAS National Units
• Article 9 — ETIAS Screening Board
• Article 10 — ETIAS Fundamental Rights Guidance Board
• Article 11 — Interoperability with other EU information systems and Europol data
• Article 11b — Support of the objectives of the EES
• Article 11c — Interoperability between ETIAS and the EES for the purpose of the revocation of an ETIAS travel authorisation at the request of an applicant
• Article 12 — Querying the Interpol databases
• Article 13 — Access to data stored in ETIAS
• Article 14 — Non-discrimination and fundamental rights

Chapter II APPLICATION

• Article 15 — Practical arrangements for submitting an application
• Article 16 — The public website and the app for mobile devices
• Article 17 — Application form and personal data of the applicant
• Article 18 — Travel authorisation fee

Chapter III CREATION OF THE APPLICATION FILE AND EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION BY THE ETIAS CENTRAL SYSTEM

• Article 19 — Admissibility and creation of the application file
• Article 20 — Automated processing
• Article 21 — Results of the automated processing
• Article 22 — Verification by the ETIAS Central Unit
• Article 23 — Support of the objectives of SIS
• Article 24 — Specific rules for family members of Union citizens or of other third-country nationals enjoying the right of free movement under Union law

Chapter IV EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICATION BY THE ETIAS NATIONAL UNITS

• Article 25 — Member State responsible
• Article 25a — Use of other EU information systems for the manual processing of applications by the ETIAS National Units
• Article 26 — Manual processing of applications by the ETIAS National Units
• Article 27 — Request for additional information or documentation from the applicant
• Article 28 — Consultation of other Member States
• Article 29 — Consultation of Europol
• Article 30 — Deadlines for notification to the applicant
• Article 31 — Verification tool
• Article 32 — Decision on the application

Chapter V THE ETIAS SCREENING RULES AND THE ETIAS WATCHLIST

• Article 33 — The ETIAS screening rules
• Article 34 — The ETIAS watchlist
• Article 35 — Responsibilities and tasks regarding the ETIAS watchlist
• Article 35a — Tasks of the ETIAS National Unit and Europol regarding the ETIAS watchlist for the purpose of the screening

Chapter VI ISSUE, REFUSAL, ANNULMENT OR REVOCATION OF A TRAVEL AUTHORISATION

• Article 36 — Issue of a travel authorisation
• Article 37 — Refusal of a travel authorisation
• Article 38 — Notification on the issue or refusal of a travel authorisation
• Article 39 — Data to be added to the application file following the decision to issue or to refuse a travel authorisation
• Article 40 — Annulment of a travel authorisation
• Article 41 — Revocation of a travel authorisation
• Article 42 — Notification of the annulment or revocation of a travel authorisation
• Article 43 — Data to be added to the application file following the decision to annul or to revoke a travel authorisation
• Article 44 — Issue of a travel authorisation with limited territorial validity on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations

Chapter VII USE OF ETIAS BY CARRIERS

• Article 45 — Access to data for verification by carriers
• Article 46 — Fall-back procedures in the case of a technical impossibility to access data by carriers

Chapter VIII USE OF ETIAS BY BORDER AUTHORITIES AT THE EXTERNAL BORDERS

• Article 47 — Access to data for verification at the external borders
• Article 48 — Fall-back procedures in the case of a technical impossibility to access data at the external borders

Chapter IX USE OF ETIAS BY IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES

• Article 49 — Access to data by immigration authorities

Chapter X PROCEDURE AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS TO THE ETIAS CENTRAL SYSTEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES

• Article 50 — Member States’ designated authorities
• Article 51 — Procedure for access to the ETIAS Central System for law enforcement purposes
• Article 52 — Conditions for access to data recorded in the ETIAS Central System by designated authorities of Member States
• Article 53 — Procedure and conditions for access to data recorded in the ETIAS Central System by Europol

Chapter XI RETENTION AND AMENDMENT OF DATA

• Article 54 — Data retention
• Article 55 — Amendment of data and advance data erasure

Chapter XII DATA PROTECTION

• Article 56 — Data protection
• Article 57 — Data controller
• Article 58 — Data processor
• Article 59 — Security of processing
• Article 60 — Security incidents
• Article 61 — Self-monitoring
• Article 62 — Penalties
• Article 63 — Liability
• Article 64 — Right of access to, of rectification, of completion, of erasure of personal data and of restriction of processing
• Article 65 — Communication of personal data to third countries, international organisations and private parties
• Article 66 — Supervision by the supervisory authority
• Article 67 — Supervision by the European Data Protection Supervisor
• Article 68 — Cooperation between supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor
• Article 69 — Keeping of logs
• Article 70 — Keeping of logs for requests for data consultation in order to prevent, detect and investigate terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences

Chapter XIII PUBLIC AWARENESS

• Article 71 — Information to the general public
• Article 72 — Information campaign

Chapter XIV RESPONSIBILITIES

• Article 73 — Responsibilities of eu-LISA during the designing and development phase
• Article 74 — Responsibilities of eu-LISA following the entry into operations of ETIAS
• Article 75 — Responsibilities of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency
• Article 76 — Responsibilities of Member States
• Article 77 — Responsibilities of Europol

Chapter XV AMENDMENTS TO OTHER UNION INSTRUMENTS

• Article 78 — Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011
• Article 79 — Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 515/2014
• Article 80 — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/399
• Article 81 — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/1624
• Article 82 — Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2017/2226

Chapter XVI FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 83 — Transitional period and transitional measures
• Article 84 — Use of data for reporting and statistics
• Article 85 — Costs
• Article 86 — Revenues
• Article 87 — Notifications
• Article 88 — Start of operations
• Article 89 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 90 — Committee procedure
• Article 91 — Advisory group
• Article 92 — Monitoring and evaluation
• Article 93 — Practical handbook
• Article 94 — Ceuta and Melilla
• Article 95 — Financial contribution of the countries associated with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
• Article 96 — Entry into force and applicability