#32026D1156EU Common Identity Repository Starts Operations
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The decision sets the start of operations for the EU’s common identity repository, a shared system that creates identity files for people registered in major EU border, visa, asylum, migration and criminal-record databases. It mainly affects EU agencies and national authorities that use systems such as EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN. Compliance and public-sector teams should note that identity matching and access workflows across these systems move into an operational phase.
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Key Changes
- Sets the common identity repository to begin operating
- Connects identity records across major EU border, visa, asylum, migration and criminal-record systems
- Supports identity matching, multiple-identity checks and controlled access by designated authorities
Obligations
What this law requires
Treat the common identity repository (CIR) as operational from 12 June 2026 for interoperability workflows involving EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN identity files.