10/10/25 (Agence Europe) – On Sunday 12 October, the Member States will begin deploying the new European digital border system, the Entry/Exit System (EES), at their external borders, the Commission said in a press release on Friday 10 October (see EUROPE 13691/3). Member States will begin to electronically record the data of third-country nationals crossing the EU’s external borders for short stays (90 days out of a 180-day period). This roll-out will take place gradually, over a period of six months. During this gradual roll-out, Member States will be able to decide at which border crossing points they will begin to deploy the system and when. At the end of this period, the EES will be fully deployed at all border crossing points and the stamping of passports will be replaced by electronic records. (SP)