5.

Where a third-country national has acquired the nationality of a Member State or has fallen under the scope of points (a) to (c) of Article 2(2), the authorities of that Member State shall verify whether that person has a valid travel authorisation and, where relevant, shall erase the application file without delay from the ETIAS Central System. The authority responsible for erasing the application file shall be: the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State that issued the travel document as referred to in point (a) of Article 2(2); the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State the nationality of which he or she has acquired; the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State that issued the residence card or residence permit.

← art_55__para_4__text_1 · All articles · art_55__para_5__text_1 →

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