Recital (27)

The preparatory work related to the eu-LISA high-level roll-out plan and to the national roll-out plans should be triggered by the date of the entry into force of this Regulation. The eu-LISA high-level roll-out plan and the national roll-out plans should take into account the date from which the EES is to start operations as decided by the Commission in accordance with Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226. All conditions listed in that Article are to be fulfilled in due time to enable the Commission to adopt the decision setting the date from which the EES is to start operations before the start of that preparatory work, and taking into account the Interoperability Roadmap endorsed by the Council on 5 March 2025. In particular, all notifications pursuant to Article 66(1), point (c), of that Regulation are to be received by the Commission in due time. The progressive start of operations of the EES should start, and the derogations provided for in this Regulation should apply, from the date from which the EES is to start operations as decided by the Commission in accordance with Article 66(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226. As this Regulation provides for temporary derogations, it should cease to apply 180 days from that date. However, the provisions providing for derogations from the application of the transitional period and the transitional measures provided for in Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 from the access to EES data and from the verification by the carriers of stamps affixed in the travel documents, as well as the provisions on the suspension of the EES, should apply during a limited period after the end of the progressive start of operations of the EES.