Council of the European Union and European Parliament 12 September 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) and amending Regulations (EU) No 1077/2011, (EU) No 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/1624 and (EU) 2017/2226

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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
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 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
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

19.9.2018

Official Journal of the European Union

L 236/1

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) and amending Regulations (EU) No 1077/2011, (EU) No 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/1624 and (EU) 2017/2226

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE

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