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	Schengen Agreement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Greenland and the Faroe Islands of Denmark, although formally excluded from the Schengen area, are integrated with it.
		The Schengen Agreement was created independently of the European Union in part due to the lack of consensus amongst EU members, and in part because those ready to implement the idea did not wish to wait for others who were not ready.
		Member States of the Schengen area have elaborated uniform rules as to the type of visas which may be issued for a short-term stay, not exceeding three months, on the territory of one, several or all of those States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schengen_treaty (2857 words)

	Garante Privacy
		The request originated in a study carried out by the working group into the possibility of allowing vehicle registration authorities to consult the SIS in order to detect stolen vehicles, registered in the Schengen area, when a new request for registration was lodged in the original country of registration or in another Schengen State.
		The Central Group and the technical groups, for their part, agreed to provide the JSA with as much documentation as possible, in particular by drafting a list of technical documents that had been approved by the working groups and which could be of interest to the JSA.
		The Chairman of the Central Group confirmed that he set great store by the JSA’s activities, that the authority’s information campaign had its full support and that he would ensure that the opinions and recommendations of the JSA were studied by the relevant working groups.
	www.garanteprivacy.it /garante/doc.jsp?ID=23179 (6439 words)

	Schengen Visa : categories
		The 15 Schengen States have laid down uniformed rules as to the type of visas that may be issued for stays not exceeding 90 fays in any half-year on the territory of one or several of those States.
		It will only be granted if the other transit or entry conditions laid down by the Schengen Agreement are met, being the means of subsistence that travellers must have at their disposal, the purpose and the conditions of their stay and a valid travel insurance.
		Group visas are normally issued to groups of between five and fifty people.
	www.mediavisa.net /schengen-visa-categories.html (1243 words)

	greenpepper interactive Magazine
		One of the main legal documents constituting this entity is the Schengen Agreement, signed in 1985 (Schengen I), and followed by a signed commitment to it's implementation in 1990 (Schengen II).[1] When the treaty of Amsterdam was signed in 1997, this agreement became part of the larger body of EU law.
		The Schengen Agreement was meant to implement the freedom of movement and residence for citizens of the EU member states.
		Those two countries are negotiating to become part of the Schengen Agreement only for purposes of unified and integrated law enforcement policy, but not as far as any immigration procedures are concerned since those are considered to be too liberal by their governments.
	squat.net /cia/gp/hom3c.php?artid=166&back=/cia/gp/hom3.php (1893 words)

	Statewatch News Online: Some remarks on Schengen III
		The Schengen III treaty was signed in Prüm, a small town in the west German land of Rhenania Palatinate.
		It is not part of the Schengen treaty nor is it intended to be a part of the Schengen acquis.
		In the 1990s first in the Schengen group then within the framework of the Council of the EU, a Joint Action was adopted.
	www.statewatch.org /news/2005/jul/17schengen-III.htm (1442 words)

	Schengen
		A draft version of this report was sent to the Chairman of the Central Group, whilst the definitive version was sent on 22 April 1997 to the Chairmen of the Executive Committee and the Central Group for onward transmission to the relevant technical groups.
		As a result, it was decided that a select group would be appointed to deal with this delicate matter and to come up with a new document taking account of the security requirements set by the French Ministry of the Interior and also the need for the JSA to carry out their controls independently.
		These records should be returned to the Schengen State every six months and made available to the national supervisory authority provided for under Article 114 of the Schengen Convention, by the body with central responsibility for the national section of the SIS provided for under Article 108 (1) of the Schengen Convention.
	www.garanteprivacy.it /garante/doc.jsp?ID=22402 (9143 words)

	Geografia d'Europa: material de suport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		According to both the Schengen "Central Group" of senior officials and the German Interior Ministry, the results of one year of implementation are satisfactory, despite shortcomings in various areas.
		On 22 December, the Schengen Executive Committee (the Schengen Council of Ministers) agreed on the need for "pre-flight inspections" to be carried out by officers of the Schengen state of destination stationed at non-Schengen airports, and eventually at railway stations and sea ports of departure.
		The incorporation of the Schengen acquis into the Union is "a gradual process which is already under way", according to a "non-paper" of the IGC of 4 February on "Schengen and the European Union".Indeed, seven EU countries are already implementing the Schengen Agreements, while a further six EU states have signed them.
	www.ub.es /medame/schengen.html (10921 words)

	Free movement of people within the Schengen zone
		The Schengen Agreement allows people who are legally present in European countries that are party to the Agreement to move about freely without having to show passports when crossing internal frontiers.
		The first agreement between the original Schengen Group members was signed on 14 June 1985 and a further convention was drafted and signed on 19 January 1990.
		The Schengen Information System (SIS) is an automatic network that allows all police stations and consular agents from Schengen group Member States to access data on specific individuals or vehicles and objects that are lost or stolen.
	oasis.gov.ie /moving_country/moving_abroad/schengen_agreement.html (1251 words)

	Eurosceptic Portal
		At the heart of the Schengen mechanism, an automatic network was set up, after many technical difficulties had been overcome, to allow all police stations and consular agents from Schengen group Member States to access data on specific individuals, or vehicles and objects which are lost or stolen.
		The Deputy Secretary-General of the Council is authorised by Decision of 17 December 1999 to conclude and administer contracts for the installation and functioning of SISNET [Official Journal L 337 of 30.12.1999].
		On 1 December 2000 the Council adopted the Decision on the application of the Schengen acquis in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and in Iceland and Norway [Official Journal, L 309 of 09.12.2000].
	www.eurosceptic.com /sources_of_information/articles/The_Schengen_acquis.htm (2006 words)

	SCADPlus: The Schengen acquis and its integration into the Union
		At the heart of the Schengen mechanism, an information network was set up to allow all border posts, police stations and consular agents from Schengen group Member States to access data on specific individuals or on vehicles or objects which have been lost or stolen.
		On 1 May 1999 it established a procedure for incorporating the Schengen Secretariat into the General Secretariat of the Council including arrangements relating to Schengen Secretariat staff [Official Journal L 119 of 07.05.1999].
		One of the Council's most important tasks in incorporating the Schengen area was to choose from among the provisions and measures taken by the signatory states those which formed a genuine acquis, i.e.
	europa.eu /scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l33020.htm (2057 words)

	Cilip Nr. 59 - Summaries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Schengen Group acted as the core of Europe which defined the course and direction of policy-making in the fields of police cooperation and refugee and migration policies for the European Union as a whole.
		Through the Schengen Protocol which is part of the Amsterdam Treaty, the whole "Schengen Acquis" – both the two agreements of 1985 and 1990 as well as the approximately 180 resolutions passed by the executive council, is to be introduced into the European Union.
		The expulsion of undesirable fringe groups from public streets and areas is the explicit goal of this policy.
	www.infolinks.de /cilip/ausgabe/59/summar59.htm (945 words)

	Visa Application Procedure
		The Netherlands is a member of the Schengen group of nations.
		The Schengen group consists of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
		If you intend to visit several Schengen countries, you must apply for a visa at the embassy or consulate of the country that is your main destination.
	www.netherlandsembassy.com.jo /en/visa.html (722 words)

	The Torch: Ethnic Opression in the European Union
		The Schengen Agreements were contracted between France, Germany and the three Benelux countries, and were kept secret from the public the first couple of years, and thus were free of all public knowledge and criticism.
		The Schengen Agreements include obligation of visa for citizens of 115 third world countries, rejection of refugees, surveillance of unwanted “suspicious” immigrants and refugees, and the establishment of a Schengen information system as a central data warehouse.
		Like the Schengen group, the Trevi group have a list of third world countries whose citizens must have visa in order to enter one of the member countries and others which are designated as »unwanted«.
	www.faklen.dk /en/the_torch/eu.shtml (3974 words)

	BBC News \| Analysis \| Schengen: Italy And Austria Come In
		Austria, too, is to join the Schengen group of countries in December.
		With Italy's entry into the Schengen group of countries, the ideal of free movement within Europe is coming a big step closer.
		The Austrians have been forced to delay their full participation in Schengen because Germany accused it of being too lax in its control of its borders with former Yugoslavia and eastern Europe.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/letter_from_america/15676.stm (736 words)

	BBC News \| Europe \| Schengen Group tightens border controls
		The ten European Union countries in the Schengen Group have approved measures to combat illegal immigration and international organized crime by tightening security checks.
		The Schengen Treaty -- signed by all EU members except Britain, the Irish Republic, Denmark, Sweden and Finland -- abolished internal borders and passport controls between signatories.
		Correspondents say the Group has been alarmed by the rising numbers of illegal immigrants from Albania, Kosovo and North Africa, entering the EU through Italy and Greece.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/173410.stm (151 words)

	Schengen_Acquis_JUSTICE_AND_HOME_AFFAIRS
		All these acts, except those considered to be confidential, are published in the Official Journal, an important consideration in that they form part of the legal rules which countries seeking EU membership must adopt into their own national legislation.
		On 1 December 2000 the Council adopted the Decision on the application of the Schengen acquis in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and in Iceland and Norway [Official Journal, L 309, 9.12.2000].
		The two acts provide for the costs relating to the development of SIS II to be met by the general budget of the European Union, conforming to the Council conclusion of 29 May 2001.
	www.ucc.ie /social_policy/Schengen_Acquis.htm (1876 words)

	House of Lords - European Union - Seventeenth Report
		The new states would also "not be issuing a Schengen visa which is valid for travel in all Schengen areas from day one of their EU membership".
		A technical barrier existed in the structure of the Schengen Information System ("SIS"): the present system only allowed for connections to 18 countries[34], and the upgraded SIS 2, which would allow for "an unlimited number of connections", would probably not be available for new members until 2005 (QQ 243-4).
		In the past we could refuse … because the Schengen group was its own master … But the more we have in, the less the Schengen group is able to impose this kind of "We will look at you very closely and then permit you" attitude.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199900/ldselect/ldeucom/110/11005.htm (5284 words)

	CONGRESSMAN SOLOMON PRESENTS TERRORISM REPORT TO NORTH ATLANTIC ASSEMBLY
		In addition to terrorism and drugs, the groups are discussing a panoply of technical issues to include the co-ordination of visa policies, immigration problems, extradition, international crime, co-operation between criminal justice authorities, and improved controls at external frontiers.
		The Schengen Group agreed that although border posts did not have to be eliminated, the free passage of citizens of Schengen countries across frontiers would be honored.
		The Rhodes Group is composed of EEC states and is responsible for managing issues relating to the impact of the 1992 single market on the border control issue.
	www.globalsecurity.org /security/library/congress/1990_cr/h900621-terror.htm (3905 words)

	EUROPA - Justice and Home Affairs - Freedom, Security and Justice - Schengen convention
		The Schengen principles of free circulation of people are backed by improved and still developing security measures to ensure that the EUs internal security is not threatened.
		The Schengen Convention abolished the checks at internal borders of the signatory States and created a single external frontier, where checks for all the Schengen signatories were to be carried out in accordance with a common set of rules.
		The Schengen Convention is designed to take into account the interests of all the States that have signed up to it.
	ec.europa.eu /justice_home/fsj/freetravel/frontiers/wai/fsj_freetravel_schengen_en.htm (1193 words)

	HP gets the nod to build massive EU snooping system
		The 15 Schengen countries are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
		The act came into force in 1992, some time after the Schengen group initially got together, yet the Schengen countries are closest to realising the aim of open borders.
		Of course, the UK is not a member of the Schengen group.
	www.theinquirer.net /?article=22912 (531 words)

	Poland Puts Up Barriers with Belarus and cuts trade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		For the sake of joining Schengen within a few years after becoming an EU member next May, Poland has erected much higher barriers to entry from the east, despite the economic damage it may bring to both sides of the border.
		The Schengen Group is an association of countries, primarily EU members, that have agreed to abolish passport and export inspections on their mutual borders--but the group also requires stricter border and export control towards any non-member.
		Moreover, if Warsaw joins the Schengen Group, as it hopes to do by 2008 or even sooner, it will become the eastern bulwark of a border-free zone encompassing much of continental Europe.
	www.masterpage.com.pl /outlook/endoftheants.html (1400 words)

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		A meeting of EU interior and justice ministers with their colleagues of the EU-associated states from Central and Eastern Europe was held on Thursday in Brussels.
		The resolution outlines the existing humanitarian and human rights problems in the post-war period in former Yugoslavia, and recommends measures to be taken by the countries in the region.
		A joint expert group will be set up and it will draft a bilateral agreement on the establishment of a free trade area.
	www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/96-12/dec02.bta (3338 words)

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		The 1520 mm Group This group, which covers the broad gauge railways in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, will be associated to cover the Baltic States and, thus, ensure that all EU candidate countries for 2004 are included.
		Creation of a Schengen group on immigration At its meeting held on 21 November 2002 the UIC Assembly of Active Members decided to set up a Schengen group, and this will be formally constituted later in 2003.
		The group will take on board the two tasks of inspection at official border points and surveillance of the railways of countries already belonging to the Schengen area and new members.
	www.unece.org /trans/doc/2003/sc2/TRANS-SC2-2003-19e.doc (1317 words)

	Fodor's Travel Guides \| Forums Messages
		I recall reading that the 90 day period does not run during the time that you spend outside of the Schengen area, but that a new 90 day period does not start when you return; you only have the balance of your original 90 days.
		He said if I leave the Schengen group with days remaining (out of my 90 days) and want to return to complete them, I enter only at the discretion of immigration for whatever Schengen country I'm entering and it's not guaranteed that you can finish up your 90 days.
		The Schengen Treaty simply allows for open boarders between the signatory countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
	www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=34720912&numresponses=4&start=0 (1363 words)

	Luxembourg
		Luxembourg is a member of the Schengen group within the European Union.
		If an American citizen wishes to ensure that his or her entry is properly documented, it may be necessary to request a stamp at an official point of entry.
		Under local law, travelers without a stamp in their passport may be questioned and asked to document the length of their stay in Schengen countries at the time of departure or at any other point during their visit, and could face possible fines or other repercussions if unable to do so.
	www.travel.state.gov /travel/luxembourg.html (1994 words)

	schengen - N e w s
		The Schengen album the Beijing of our career is now available from www.makeminemailorder.com and hopefully many of your favourite online retailers, priced at 5 pounds.
		Recent projects have included a remix of a track by Supercilious for their album on the excellent Monopsone records of France.
		For a little more Schengen info, Click here.
	www.schengen.freeuk.com /news.htm (360 words)

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