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Unidade de Coordenação de Fronteiras e Estrangeiros

Justice and securityOrganisationNational8 connections

Created in the SSI by DL 41/2023 (new art. 23-B of the Lei de Segurança Interna). It plans and manages the former SEF police databases and border/foreigners systems: the national components of EES, ETIAS, SIS II, VIS and APIS, the Sistema de Controlo de Fronteiras (PASSE, incl. RAPID and Mobile), the border visa system, SIBA and the National Uniform Interface; it is the national ETIAS unit and Portugal's contact point with eu-LISA and Frontex.

Acronym: UCFE
Type: Organisation
Level: National
Area: Justice and security
Owner: Unidade de Coordenação de Fronteiras e Estrangeiros (no âmbito do Sistema de Segurança Interna)
Used by: public staff
In service since: Not recorded
Evidence: Checked against sources
Would the model apply?: Not yet analysed

Connections

8 documented links. Select any entry to open its page.

Runs6

Componente nacional do Sistema de Informação Schengen (N.SIS)Plans and manages (LSI art. 23-B, added by DL 41/2023)
EURODAC-PTSSI runs the Eurodac national access point through the UCFE (DL 116-A/2025)
RAPID4ALL (Reconhecimento Automático de Passageiros Identificados Documentalmente)Plans and manages (LSI art. 23-B, added by DL 41/2023)
Sistema de Controlo de FronteirasPlans and manages (LSI art. 23-B, added by DL 41/2023)
Sistema Nacional de Vistos de FronteiraPlans and manages (LSI art. 23-B, added by DL 41/2023)
Unidade Nacional ETIASThe UCFE constitutes the national ETIAS unit (LSI art. 23-B(7))

Run by1

Sistema de Segurança Interna — Gabinete do Secretário-Geral (incl. UCFE)

Connected from1

Unidade Nacional de Estrangeiros e FronteirasUNEF works with UCFE on uniform technical standards and procedures at airport border posts

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