For a period of 180 days after the EES has started operations, in order to verify, on entry and exit, that third-country nationals admitted for a short stay have not exceeded the maximum duration of authorised stay and, where relevant, to verify on entry that third-country nationals have not exceeded the number of entries authorised by the short-stay visa issued for one or two entries, the competent border authorities shall take into account the stays in the territory of the Member States during the 180 days preceding the entry or the exit by checking the stamps in the travel documents in addition to the entry/exit data recorded in the EES.
Go ceann tréimhse 180 lá tar éis do EES tús a chur le hoibríochtaí, chun a fhíorú, ar dhul isteach dóibh agus ar imeacht dóibh, nár sháraigh náisiúnaigh tríú tír dár tugadh cead isteach le haghaidh gearrfhanachta uasfhad an fhanachta údaraithe agus, i gcás inarb ábhartha, chun a fhíorú ar dhul isteach dóibh nár sháraigh na náisiúnaigh tríú tír líon na mbabhtaí is údaraithe dóibh dul isteach leis an víosa ghearrfhanachta arna heisiúint chun dul isteach uair amháin nó faoi dhó, cuirfidh na húdaráis inniúla teorann san áireamh na tréimhsí fanachta ar chríoch na mBallstát le linn an 180 lá roimh an dul isteach nó roimh an imeacht ní hamháin trí na sonraí dul isteach/imeachta atá ar taifead in EES a sheiceáil ach trí na stampaí a sheiceáil sna doiciméid taistil freisin.