To mitigate additional risks related to the deployment of the EES with biometric functionalities, all Member States should have the possibility, in exceptional circumstances that lead to traffic of such intensity that the waiting time at a border crossing point becomes excessive, to suspend the registration of biometric data in the EES after the end of the progressive start of operations of the EES. Such a suspension should be possible during a limited period of 90 days after the end of the progressive start of operations of the EES. That period should be automatically extended by 60 days if less than 80 % of the individual files registered in the EES during the progressive start of operations of the EES contain biometric data.
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