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EU: Council of the European Union: Access for law enforcement purposes to the EES

23 October 2015

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"a large majority of delegations agreed that access to the Entry-Exit System (EES) for law enforcement authorities (LEA) should be provided as of the start of the operation of the future system....

i) the possibility of the use of the future EES as a criminal identification and investigation tool, ii) the data that should be inserted in the system, the data to be used for searches of the system and the data that should be obtained as a result of a hit, iii) the minimum retention period for access to LEA purposes and, iv) the possibility of transfer of EES data to third countries...

– whether intelligence agencies or other specific types of administration units should be authorised to act as designated authorities..." [emphasis added]

See the full text: Access for law enforcement purposes to the EES (LIMITE doc no: 12531-15, pdf)

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