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(27) The ETIAS screening rules should be used to analyse an application file by enabling a comparison between the data recorded in it and specific risk indicators corresponding to previously identified security, illegal immigration or high epidemic risks. The criteria used for defining the specific risk indicators should in no circumstances be based solely on a person’s sex or age. They should also in no circumstances be based on information revealing a person’s colour, race, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, political or any other opinion, religion or philosophical belief, trade union membership, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, or sexual orientation. The specific risk indicators should be defined, established, assessed ex ante, implemented, evaluated ex post, revised and deleted by the ETIAS Central Unit following consultation of an ETIAS screening board composed of representatives of the ETIAS National Units and the agencies involved. To help ensure the respect of fundamental rights in the implementation of the ETIAS screening rules and specific risk indicators, an ETIAS Fundamental Rights Guidance Board should be established. The secretariat for its meetings should be provided by the Fundamental Rights Officer of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.

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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.