Which Schengen countries published public lists of their EES-activated border crossing points and where can they be found?
Executive summary
A clear, centralized inventory of which Schengen countries have published public lists of border crossing points already activated for the Entry/Exit System (EES) is not available in the reporting provided; however, national and private sources show some governments and specialist sites have published or summarised activation details — notably the Netherlands government’s official guidance and an updated AXA-Schengen list — while EU-level pages and travel portals provide programme-wide rollout information and digital tools rather than per-crossing inventories [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. Netherlands: an official national page detailing gradual activation
The Dutch government explicitly states that the Netherlands will introduce EES “gradually at the external borders” and offers public guidance for travellers, including descriptions of the phased collection of passport data, travel dates and biometrics and a Travel to Europe mobile app to pre-register data — signaling an official, publicly accessible national source about which border points are in scope as they activate [1].
2. France: public targets reported but no single published crossing-point registry in the sources
French reporting noted that France set operational targets — for example that EES must be operational for at least 35% of relevant crossings by mid‑January and that half of French border points should be operating the system to some level by that milestone — but the Connexion France article reports targets and impacts rather than linking to a publicly maintained, per‑crossing list in the material supplied here [5].
3. AXA‑Schengen: a specialist site compiling border-control updates including activated points
AXA‑Schengen, a border‑policy tracker, publishes an updated list of Schengen border-control measures and which borders are affected; the item cited lists specific internal border measures and timings (for example naming Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Italy, Switzerland in one update) and functions as a publicly available compilation that has been used to map activation and temporary controls [2].
4. EU / eu‑LISA / Commission: programme-level public resources, limited per-point granularity in these sources
EU Commission and eu‑LISA pages explain that the EES is being rolled out from 12 October 2025 with full implementation by 10 April 2026 and outline the legal framework and operational timetable, and the Travel Europe app/site is presented as the EU’s digital point of reference, but the reporting here shows these sources provide programme-wide timelines and tools rather than a consolidated, country-by-country public list of activated border crossing points [3] [4] [6].
5. Industry and travel information pages: practical summaries but uneven source transparency
Airline and travel-industry webpages (e.g., Lufthansa, ABTA, Euronews coverage) summarise who will be subject to EES, phased timelines and which traffic types or classes will be processed when, and note staggered rollouts across airports, seaports and land crossings — useful for travellers — but these publisher pages do not substitute for formal national registers of which individual crossings are live and instead reflect operational snapshots or guidance [7] [8] [9].
6. What the reporting does not show (and the implication for researchers)
None of the provided sources constitutes a comprehensive, up‑to‑date catalogue of every Schengen country that has published a detailed, public list of activated border crossing points; the clearest national example in these materials is the Netherlands’ official guidance and travel app reference [1], AXA‑Schengen supplies an externally compiled list [2], and EU pages document the phased rollout and central digital tools without enumerating per‑crossing publications by member state [3] [4]. Researchers seeking a definitive, country-by-country register will need to check individual national government transport or border-police sites and the EU’s travel portal for live updates, because the reporting available here does not capture every member state’s public postings.