Article 13

Access to the ETIAS Information System shall be reserved exclusively for duly authorised staff of the ETIAS Central Unit and of the ETIAS National Units. Access by border authorities to the ETIAS Central System in accordance with Article 47 shall be limited to searching the ETIAS Central System to obtain the travel authorisation status of a traveller present at an external border crossing point and to the data referred to in points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 47(2). In addition, border authorities shall be informed automatically of the flags referred to in Article 36(2) and (3) and of the reasons for the flags. When exceptionally, according to a flag, a second line check is recommended at the border or additional verifications are needed for the purpose of a second line check, border authorities shall access the ETIAS Central System to obtain the additional information provided for in point (e) of Article 39(1) or point (f) of Article 44(6). Access by carriers to the ETIAS Information System in accordance with Article 45 shall be limited to sending queries to the ETIAS Information System to obtain the travel authorisation status of a traveller. Access by immigration authorities to the ETIAS Central System in accordance with Article 49 shall be limited to obtaining the travel authorisation status of a traveller present on the territory of the Member State, and to certain data as referred to in that Article. Access by immigration authorities to the ETIAS Central System in accordance with Article 65(3) shall be limited to the data referred to in that Article. Each Member State shall designate the competent national authorities referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Article and shall communicate a list of those authorities to eu-LISA without delay, in accordance with Article 87(2). That list shall specify for which purpose the duly authorised staff of each authority shall have access to the data in the ETIAS Information System in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Article.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.