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Enlargement, borders and Schengen-acquis

Enlargement, borders and Schengen-acquis. Wouter van de Rijt CICERO CONFERENCE Paris, 13 May 2004 L’auteur s’exprime en son nom personnel sans engager l’Institution à laquelle il appartient. Schengen map: changes on 1 May 2004 + in 2005 + in 2007 (?).

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Enlargement, borders and Schengen-acquis

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  1. Enlargement, borders and Schengen-acquis Wouter van de Rijt CICERO CONFERENCE Paris, 13 May 2004 L’auteur s’exprime en son nom personnel sans engager l’Institution à laquelle il appartient

  2. Schengen map: changes on 1 May 2004+ in 2005 + in 2007 (?)

  3. A few figures to show the differences of situations where the Schengen acquis shall apply (pop./$ per y.) Soon no landborder anymore 18.000 kilometers of coast Only 1 external border: the airport

  4. - New Member states’ borders- Turkey’s borders Poland ‘s borders Belarus 407 km, Czech Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 206 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 526 km Czech republic border countries: one external border, the airport of Prague Slovenia border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 670 km, Italy 232 km, Hungary 102 km Turkey border countries: Armenia 268 km, Azerbaijan 9 km, Bulgaria 240 km, Georgia 252 km, Greece 206 km, Iran 499 km, Iraq 352 km, Syria 822 km

  5. The example of FinlandSource : René Nyberg, Finland’s Ambassador to Russia • 6.1 million crossings of the Finnish section of the Schengen frontier. • Over 60 per cent were Russian citizens. 1.6 million Russians visited Finland last year. About 3% of visa applications were rejected and only 3,444 persons were turned back at the border in the whole of last year. The most common reasons were alcohol smuggling or suspected prostitution. • the equipment and techniques applied are a mix of traditional and high tech. To our great surprise the sophisticated methods of detecting forgeries have been less in use than anticipated. • Instead of clumsy attempts to forge visas or passports, Russian have come up with an ingenious and telling solution - change of identity. If Mr. Ivanov is denied entry he comes back as Mr. Petrov. The photo is genuine, the other data likewise, but the man is new, at least to the visa bank computer. The champion so-far had seven different identities, all documented in genuine Russian passports issued by different authorities. • The signing of a readmission treaty with the Community is evidently the key to any liberalisation of visa policies

  6. Enlarging the Schengen-acquis • Specific procedure of reinforced cooperation, like for the € • refer to Accession Treaties, art 3 • split into two categories (2004 - 2007?) • distinguish between nMS and UK/IRL • Switzerland • voting rules, ...

  7. The Decision making proceduretowards full Schengen implementation • evaluations • inspections • recommendations • follow up • Council Decisions (different phases, individual nMS or Big Bang)

  8. How to check the acquis ? • Fundamentals, • non-binding provisions (Catalogue), • inspection reports, • developments of the acquis, • European Border Agency • Schengen facility - 969.000.000 €

  9. European Border Agency • As of 1 January 2005 • Operational cooperation between MS • Assistance in training • Risk analyses • Research • Joint return operations • EBA will include Norway/Iceland and more or less UK and IRL

  10. SIS I - II Political and technologic choices: • Hit-no hit or investigation system ? • DNA database • Counterfeit money, • Stolen art • Link with Europol ? • Political masters and the mastering of choices (Minister Dankert and User Agents 4.0 et 4.1)

  11. Other relevant issues • VIS • document security • passenger data • Enhanced security dialogue

  12. And what about the other side of the borders ? • External relations, border management, passengers data etc. • Liaison officers • RUS, UKR, US, CDN • data protection, professionalism etc • New Neighbourhood policy • Western Balkans

  13. Javier Solana’s Security strategy • Adopted by the European Council on 12 December 2003 • linking internal to external threats • perceiving new threats • suggesting new means • link between CFSP and JHA

  14. More than 40 years after John Kennedy: Where is the last frontier ?

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