| Author (Corporate) | Council of the European Union, European Parliament |
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| Series Title | Official Journal of the European Union |
| Series Details | (L) 2024/1717 |
| Publication Date | 20/06/2024 |
| Content Type | Blog & Commentary, Legislation, News, Policy-making |
Summary:Regulation (EU) 2024/1717 - adopted by the co-legislators on 13 June 2024 - introducing amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders. Further information:Regulation (EU) 2016/399 introduced the so-called Schengen Borders Code (SBC), which is a set of rules on crossing the European Union's external borders and the absence of border controls at internal borders. The Schengen area has been put to test by a number of challenges over the years, not least those caused by the migration crisis and the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Those challenges were seen to have undermined a climate of trust required to sustain an area free from internal border controls. The European Commission vowed to complete the range of tools necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the Schengen area in order to put the ecosystem of rules back into balance and restore and reinforce mutual trust between Member States. The amendments address those efforts and they are a deliverable in the framework of the Roadmap for a New Pact on Migration and Asylum. It is also in line with the Commission's Strategy on future of Schengen. They seek to reinforce the governance of the Schengen area, and to ensure that reintroducing internal border controls remains a measure of last resort. They also introduce common tools to manage the external borders more efficiently in case of a public health crisis. The draft law was adopted by the European Commission on 14 December 2021 alongside an initiative addressing instrumentalisation in the fields of migration and asylum. The Council of the European Union adopted its general approach to the proposal on 10 June 2022. The plenary of the European Parliament endorsed a negotiating position on this file on 5 October 2023. A informal agreement between the co-legislators on a compromise text for this draft law was reached on 6 February 2024. This was formally endorsed by Parliament on 24 April and by the Council on 24 May. The Act was signed by the co-legislators on 13 June 2024 and published in the Official Journal on 20 June 2024. |
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| Source Link | http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1717/oj |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Subject Tags | Border Control | Management, Schengen Agreement | Area |
| International Organisations | European Union [EU] |
