Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
Well, we are not in October yet. How is it supposed to work now? AFAIK there is no signage in FRA telling people with US or other eligible passports to exit through the egates. In fact, there are staff directing people with US passports to the long queue. And then the egates actually didn’t work with my US passport (so the signage and staff instructions are apparently correct).
The EES has been postponed a few times now but Germany is ready for it to start at FRA/MUC. The MUC setup is currently being tested with pax, FRA has the same setup. Your biometric data is read from the chip on the passport and the exit is done by matching your face to the biometric data and the check with the SIS. EES will replace Easypass RTP in Germany when it comes into force.