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The French Ministry of the Interior has selected the IDEMIA and Sopra Steria consortium to design, build, roll out, maintain and update a new standard border control system (CCAF).
The CCAF rollout will form part of the EU s 2022 introduction of its Entry-Exit System (EES), which is intended to better secure the Schengen Area s outside borders and most of all, to tackle the issue of foreign nationals overstaying their visas.
Biometric technologies underpinning the CCAF will help make border controls faster and more accurate.
CCAF is an ambitious project seeking to install a high-performance standard system so that all border control activities can be properly coordinated and harmonized. It will be rolled out in France during 2021.