(v) make comments on the European Data Protection Supervisor — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 62

alphanumeric data — data represented by letters, digits, special characters, spaces and punctuation marks (15)

authorised stay — the exact number of days during which a third-country national is permitted to legally stay on the territory of the Member States, counting from the date of the entry in accordance with the applicable provisions (11)

biometric data — fingerprint data and facial image (18)

border authority — the border guard assigned in accordance with national law to carry out border checks as defined in point 11 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (3)

designated authority — an authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 29 as responsible for the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences (26)

determining authority — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (b)

e-gate — an e-gate as defined in point 24 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (28)

EES data — all data stored in the EES Central System in accordance with Article 14 and Articles 16 to 20 (22)

eu-LISA — the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale information systems in the area of freedom, security and justice established by Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (20)

external borders — external borders as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (1)

facial image — digital images of the face (17)

Failure To Enrol Rate — the proportion of registrations with insufficient quality of the biometric enrolment (29)

False Negative Identification Rate — the proportion of missed matches during a biometric search even though the traveller’s biometric data were registered (31)

False Positive Identification Rate — the proportion of returned matches during a biometric search which do not belong to the checked traveller (30)

fingerprint data — the data relating to the four fingerprints of the index, middle finger, ring finger and little finger from the right hand where present, and otherwise from the left hand (16)

identification — the process of determining a person’s identity through a database search against multiple sets of data (one-to-many check) (14)

immigration authority — the competent authority responsible, in accordance with national law, for one or more of the following: checking within the territory of the Member States whether the conditions for entry to, or stay on, the territory of the Member States are fulfilled; examining the conditions for, and taking decisions related to, the residence of third-country nationals on the territory of the Member States insofar as that authority does not constitute a ‘determining authority’ as defined in point (f) of Article 2 of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 60). , and, where relevant, providing advice in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004 Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004 of 19 February 2004 on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network (OJ L 64, 2.3.2004, p. 1). ; the return of third-country nationals to a third country of origin or transit (4)

internal borders — internal borders as defined in point 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (2)

law enforcement — the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences (23)

Member State responsible — the Member State which has entered data in the EES (12)

national short-stay visa — an authorisation issued by a Member State which does not apply the Schengen acquis in full with a view to an intended stay on the territory of that Member State of a duration of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period (10)

overstayer — a third-country national who does not fulfil or no longer fulfils the conditions relating to the duration of his or her authorised short stay on the territory of the Member States (19)

self-service system — a self-service system as defined in point 23 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (27)

serious criminal offence — an offence which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Article 2(2) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, if it is punishable under national law by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years (25)

short stay — stays on the territory of the Member States of a duration of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period as referred to in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (8)

short-stay visa — visa as defined in point (a) of point 2 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1). (9)

supervisory authorities — the supervisory authority established in accordance with Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the supervisory authority established in accordance with Article 41(1) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 (21)

terrorist offence — an offence under national law which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Directive (EU) 2017/541 (24)

third-country national — any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU, with the exception of persons who enjoy the right of free movement equivalent to that of Union citizens under agreements between the Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and third countries, on the other (6)

travel document — a passport or other equivalent document entitling the holder to cross the external borders and to which a visa may be affixed (7)

verification — the process of comparing sets of data to establish the validity of a claimed identity (one-to-one check) (13)

visa authority — the visa authority as defined in point 3 of Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 (5)