EU activates common identity repository to interconnect border, visa and migration databases
29 May 2026
Effective: 29 May 2026
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Who is affected:
Border, police, asylum and migration authorities of Schengen Member States
Summary
The European Commission sets the operational date of the common identity repository (CIR), which unifies biometric data from systems such as EES, VIS, ETIAS and Eurodac to identify persons at borders.
Detailed analysis
PRO
Implementation Decision 2026/1156 determines the operational date of the common identity repository (CIR), a key component of the EU information systems interoperability framework established by Regulations 2019/817 and 2019/818. The CIR creates an individual file for each person registered in systems such as EES, VIS,…
Full official title
OJ:L_202601156: Decisión de Ejecución (UE) 2026/1156 de la Comisión, de 28 de mayo de 2026, por la que se determina la fecha de entrada en funcionamiento del registro común de datos de identidad con arreglo a los Reglamentos (UE) 2019/817 y (UE) 2019/818 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo