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Three years after the start of operations of ETIAS and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate ETIAS and shall make any necessary recommendations to the European Parliament and to the Council. That evaluation shall include: the querying of Interpol SLTD and TDAWN databases through ETIAS, including information on the number of hits against those Interpol databases, the number of travel authorisations refused following such hits and information on any problems encountered, as well as, if appropriate, an assessment of the need for a legislative proposal amending this Regulation; the results achieved by ETIAS having regard to its objectives, mandate and tasks; the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of ETIAS’ performance and its working practices in light of its objectives, mandate and tasks; an assessment of the security of ETIAS; the ETIAS screening rules used for the purpose of risk assessment; the impact of the ETIAS watchlist including the number of travel authorisation applications which were refused for reasons that took into account a positive hit against the ETIAS watchlist; the possible need to modify the mandate of the ETIAS Central Unit and the financial implications of any such modification; the impact on fundamental rights; the impact on diplomatic relations between the Union and the third countries involved; the revenue generated through the travel authorisation fee, the costs incurred in connection with the development of ETIAS, the costs for the operation of ETIAS, the costs incurred by eu-LISA, Europol and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in relation to their tasks pursuant to this Regulation, as well as any revenue allocated in accordance with Article 86; the use of ETIAS for law enforcement purposes on the basis of the information referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article; the number of applicants being invited for an interview and the percentage it represents of the total number of applicants, the reasons for requesting an interview, the number of remote interviews, the number of decisions where the travel authorisation has been granted, has been granted with a flag or has been refused, and the number of applicants invited to an interview who did not attend it, and if appropriate, an assessment of the need for a legislative proposal amending this Regulation. The Commission shall transmit the evaluation report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Agency for Fundamental Rights.

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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.