Data to be provided to applicants together with the request for additional information or documentation related to overstays reported in the Entry/Exit System
Article 4
1. Where the ETIAS National Units request additional information from applicants to explain their past overstay(s) in the territory of Member State(s), they shall make the data referred to in Article 16(3), points (a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 12 ) available to applicants via the secure account service established by Article 6(2), point (g), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. 2. For the purpose of paragraph 1, the duly authorised staff of the ETIAS National Units shall have direct access to and may consult the data referred to in that paragraph, in a read-only format in the Entry/Exit System. The consulted data shall not be recorded in the application file. 3. The data from the Entry/Exit System shall be available only during the period when applicants can submit additional information or documentation pursuant to Article 27(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. 4. After the ETIAS National Unit has taken the decision on the application, the data from the Entry/Exit System shall be deleted from the secure account service.