Recital (8)

To facilitate the smooth deployment of the EES, each Member State should develop a national roll-out plan in consultation with the Commission and eu-LISA and transmit that plan to the Commission. For each phase of the progressive start of operations of the EES, national roll-out plans should include the information on the set thresholds and requirements, in particular: (i) the expected date from which the EES will operate at border crossing points; (ii) the expected percentage of the estimated number of border crossings to be registered in the EES out of the total number of third-country nationals subject to registration in the EES; and (iii) where applicable, the biometric functionalities expected to be operated at border crossing points. eu-LISA should consider whether the national roll-out plans are technically consistent with the eu-LISA high-level roll-out plan and should confirm that they do not contain any technical deficiencies which could further delay the start of operations of the EES. The Commission should consider the overall coherence of all national roll-out plans and whether each national roll-out plan is compliant with the thresholds and requirements set out in this Regulation. When preparing their national roll-out plans, Member States are encouraged to coordinate, as appropriate, with the operators of infrastructure where border crossing points are located. Where a Member State plans to start operating the EES or to use the biometric functionalities of the EES at a specific border crossing point, that Member State should inform the operators of infrastructure hosting that border crossing point thereof. To monitor compliance with the progressive start of operations of the EES, Member States should provide the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and eu-LISA with monthly reports on the implementation of their national roll-out plans. Such monthly reports should identify deviations and corrective measures where such were necessary to comply with the thresholds and requirements set out in this Regulation. The Commission should facilitate the provision of concise national roll-out plans and monthly reports by the Member States.