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2008/903/EC: Council Decision of 27 November 2008 on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Swiss Confederation| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2008/903 |
| CELEX number i | 32008D0903 |
| Document | 27-11-2008 |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 05-12-2008; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 19 Volume 011,OJ L 327, 5.12.2008 |
| Effect | 05-12-2008; Takes effect Date pub. See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
5.12.2008 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 327/15 |
COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 November 2008
on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Swiss Confederation
(2008/903/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application, and development of the Schengen acquis (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement) (1), which was signed on 26 October 2004 (2) and entered into force on 1 March 2008 (3), and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
Article 15(1) of the Agreement provides that the provisions of the Schengen acquis shall apply in the Swiss Confederation only pursuant to a Council Decision to that effect after verification that the necessary conditions for the application of that acquis have been met. |
(2) |
The Council, having verified that the necessary conditions for the application of the data protection part of the Schengen acquis concerned had been met by the Swiss Confederation, rendered, by its Decision 2008/421/EC (4), the provisions of the Schengen acquis related to the Schengen Information System applicable to the Swiss Confederation from 14 August 2008. |
(3) |
The Council has verified, in accordance with the applicable Schengen evaluation procedures as set out in the Decision of the Executive Committee of 16 September 1998 setting up a Standing Committee on the evaluation and implementation of Schengen (SCH/Com-ex (98) 26 def.) (5), that the necessary conditions for the application of the Schengen acquis have been met in other areas of the Schengen acquis — Land Borders, Police Cooperation, the Schengen Information System, and Visas — in the Swiss Confederation. |
(4) |
On 27 November 2008, the Council concluded that the conditions in each of the areas mentioned had been fulfilled by the Swiss Confederation. |
(5) |
As regards the evaluation and implementation of the Schengen acquis at air borders, further evaluation visits should be carried out at a later stage. |
(6) |
It is therefore possible to set dates for the application of the Schengen acquis in full, i.e. dates from which checks on persons at the internal borders with the Swiss Confederation should be lifted. Were the further evaluation visits at air borders to prove unsuccessful, the date set for the application of the Schengen acquis regulating the abolition of checks on persons at air borders should be reconsidered. |
(7) |
From the earliest such date, the restrictions on the use of the Schengen Information System, provided for in Decision 2008/421/EC, should be lifted. |
(8) |
In accordance with Article 15(4) of the Agreement and with Article 14(1) of the Agreement between the Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland (6), the latter Agreement should be implemented from 12 December 2008. |
(9) |
The Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark on the creation of rights and obligations between Denmark and the Swiss Confederation as regards the provisions of the Schengen acquis which come under Title IV of the Treaty establishing the European Community stipulates that it shall be put into effect in respect of the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis on the same date as the Agreement is put into effect. |
(10) |
In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 15(1) of the Agreement and as a result of the partial application of the Schengen acquis by the United Kingdom of... |
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