Chapter 3, Article 14 · Regulation (EU) 2025/12

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Article 14Transmission of API data from the router to the competent border authorities#

1.Upon the data format and transfer verifications referred to in Article 13, the router shall transmit the encrypted API data transferred to it pursuant to Article 6 or Article 9(3) and (4) to the competent border authorities of the Member State or, where the flight is planned to land in one or several airports within the territories of one or more Member States to which this Regulation applies, to the competent border authorities of the Member States referred to in Article 4(3), point (c). It shall transmit those data immediately and in an automated manner, without changing their content in any way, and in accordance with the detailed rules referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article, once such rules have been adopted and are applicable.For the purposes of such transmission, eu-LISA shall establish and keep up to date a table of correspondence between the different airports of origin and destination and the countries to which they belong.

2.Member States shall designate competent border authorities authorised to receive the API data transmitted to them from the router in accordance with this Regulation. They shall notify, by the date of application of this Regulation referred to in Article 46, second paragraph, eu-LISA and the Commission of the name and contact details of the competent border authorities and shall, where necessary, notify eu-LISA and the Commission of any updates to that information.The Commission shall, on the basis of those notifications and updates, compile and make publicly available a list of the notified competent border authorities, including their contact details.

3.Member States shall ensure that their competent border authorities, upon receipt of API data in accordance with paragraph 1, immediately and in an automated manner confirm receipt of such data to the router.

4.Member States shall ensure that only the duly authorised and trained staff of their competent border authorities, designated in accordance with paragraph 2, have access to the API data transmitted to them through the router. They shall lay down the necessary rules to that effect. Those rules shall include rules on the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles.

5.The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the detailed technical and procedural rules necessary for the transmission of API data from the router referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, including on requirements for data security. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 43(2).

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air carrier
means an air carrier as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council;
border checks
means border checks as defined in Article 2, point 11, of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;
border crossing point
means a border crossing point as defined in Article 2, point 8, of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;
competent border authority
means the authority that is empowered by a Member State to carry out border checks and that is designated and notified by that Member State in accordance with Article 14(2);
flights into the Union
means flights flying from the territory either of a third country or of a Member State to which this Regulation does not apply, and planned to land on the territory of a Member State or Member States to which this Regulation applies;
non-scheduled flight
means a flight that does not operate according to a fixed timetable and that is not necessarily part of a regular or scheduled route;
passenger
means any person, excluding on-duty members of the crew, carried or to be carried in an aircraft with the consent of the air carrier, such consent being manifested by that person’s registration in the passenger list;
personal data
means personal data as defined in Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
real-time flight traffic data
means information on the inbound and outbound flight traffic of an airport covered by this Regulation.
scheduled flight
means a flight that operates according to a fixed timetable, for which tickets can be purchased by the general public;
the router
means the router referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation and Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2025/13;