Article 8 — Interoperability with the VIS
Entry/Exit System (EES), Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
What does ENTRY-EXIT-SYSTEM Article 8 say?
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1. eu-LISA shall establish a Secure Communication Channel between the EES Central System and the VIS Central System to enable interoperability between the EES and the VIS. Direct consultation between the EES and the VIS shall only be possible where provided for by both this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 767/2008.
Source: Entry/Exit System (EES), Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, read 2026-10-13.
| In the act | EU 2017/2226 |
| CELEX | 32017R2226 |
| Read on | 2026-10-13 |
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1. eu-LISA shall establish a Secure Communication Channel between the EES Central System and the VIS Central System to enable interoperability between the EES and the VIS. Direct consultation between the EES and the VIS shall only be possible where provided for by both this Regulation and Regulation (EC) No 767/2008. The retrieval of visa-related data from the VIS, their importation into the EES and the updating of data from the VIS in the EES shall be an automated process once the operation in question is launched by the authority concerned.
2. Interoperability shall enable the border authorities using the EES to consult the VIS from the EES in order to:
(a) retrieve the visa-related data directly from the VIS and import them into the EES in order to create or update the entry/exit record or the refusal of entry record of a visa holder in the EES in accordance with Articles 14, 16 and 18 of this Regulation and Article 18a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008;
(b) retrieve the visa-related data directly from the VIS and import them into the EES in order to update the entry/exit record in the event that a visa is annulled, revoked or extended in accordance with Article 19 of this Regulation and Articles 13, 14 and 18a of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008;
(c) verify, pursuant to Article 23 of this Regulation and Article 18(2) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, the authenticity and validity of the relevant visa or whether the conditions for entry to the territory of the Member States in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 are fulfilled;
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