EES

[sidepod]

Just curious when this goes live at Euro tunnel?

The kit has been there in place for a while now yet nothing on their website?

I assume it’s going to be utter chaos for a few months?

 

[Betsycalifornia]

I thought it was going live 12th of October.

 

[willwander]

I thought it was going live 12th of October.

To be introduced ‘gradually’ whatever that means. No mention of it when we came through yesterday, didn’t even notice a sign or anything.

 

[willwander]

Link to EES info

EES / ETIAS - European Union

travel-europe.europa.eu

This is all the tunnel has

Entry/Exit System (EES) - Eurotunnel LeShuttle™

The European Union are introducing a new Entry/Exit System (EES) in 2025. This new border require...

www.leshuttle.com

 

[sidepod]

Link to EES info

EES / ETIAS - European Union

travel-europe.europa.eu

This is all the tunnel has

Entry/Exit System (EES) - Eurotunnel LeShuttle™

The European Union are introducing a new Entry/Exit System (EES) in 2025. This new border require...

www.leshuttle.com

Yeah I flicked through all of that, I just thought they may have some detailed explanation of the machines and how to process your details etc. in a vague attempt to reduce the carnage.

 

[willwander]

BBC news site today

Eurotunnel, which runs vehicle shuttles through the Channel Tunnel, will also introduce EES in stages from 12 October.

Only Eurotunnel's coach passengers and freight will do the new checks to start with. They will be done by a border officer, so not much will change.

Tourists in cars will start using automated kiosks by the end of the year. The company hasn't given an exact date.

What is the EU's new border system EES - and how does it work?

The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[sidepod]

. The company hasn't given an exact date.

So just in time for the Christmas hols then. Brilliant!!

 

[Black Forest]

Anything on the ferry side? I'm across in a few days....

 

[soulstyledevon]

I’m guessing the first times a faff.
Once they have your bio-metrics it should be a much quicker process…???
Although, a few years of queues ahead.

 

[The Tall Luthier]

Simon Calder has an excellent video on the implications of the new system as far as the French are concerned.

Onerous. Yes onerous is the right word here.

Just came through this morning and there were small differences. Machines verified your pass port, humans stamped the passport afterwards. No biometric tests yet.

What France’s crackdown on British tourists means for you and new post-Brexit demands

Exclusive: UK visitors to France must have medical insurance and cash worth half of national minimum wage

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Jeremy Thompson]

Just curious when this goes live at Euro tunnel?

The kit has been there in place for a while now yet nothing on their website?

I assume it’s going to be utter chaos for a few months?

According to the news they are introducing it slowly at Euro tunnel and if queues occur will lift the registration process. They have given it 6 months to online slowly.

 

[Van Diesel VW]

Further delays at Dover to introducing EES.

New Entry/Exit System for tourist traffic at Dover port paused

The Entry/Exit System (EES) went live for coaches and freight on 12 October.

www.bbc.co.uk