Spain says they will be ready for the new Entry-Exit system at the end of 2023
Spain says that external border checkpoints will be ready to start with the new EU Entry/Exit System (EES) by the end of 2023 or early 2024, with all the required equipment in place and ready to go.
According to the Ministry del Interior, the country intends to install 1,500 border control inspection units at ports and airports by that time, after announcing in June 2022 that it had hired Thales for equipping its border checks with the correct technology.
Thales, which is a French multinational company based in Paris, designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems and equipment for the defence, transport, and security sectors.
Originally Thales said that they would have everything in place by May of this year, but a delay in the start date by the EU Commission has given them more time, and now they are confident that everything will be ready by the end of the year.
The EES is a border management system of the EU, which was supposed to be launched in May, however, due to delays that have been blamed on third parties, the system has now been postponed and there is no official launch date as yet.
The EU will collect biometric information of those entering and leaving its territory through the EES, preventing anyone from entering who poses any type of threat to the security of member countries.
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