automated border controls are another way of speeding up passenger checks while at the same time economising on staff.

TAKING as their basis the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders,

provisions for carrying out checks at the authorised crossing points along the external borders and in the border areas,

Before the Schengen Convention was applied, under such circumstances a transit visa could be issued at the internal borders. These borders may now be crossed without any checks being carried out.

With regard to the movement of goods, the Parties shall seek means of transferring the checks currently carried out at the common borders to the external borders or to within their own territories.

HAVING DECIDED to fulfil the resolve expressed in that Agreement to abolish checks at their common borders on the movement of persons and facilitate the transport and movement of goods at those borders,

The Parties shall abolish border checks on the products and groups of products listed in Appendix 1 as referred to in paragraph 2.

Whereas, however, the strengthening of external border checks and the conversion of the airports have not yet been fully completed;

The Executive Committee shall take the necessary decisions on the practical procedures for carrying out border checks and surveillance.

RECIPROCAL SECONDMENT OF LIAISON OFFICERS TO ADVISE AND ASSIST IN THE PERFORMANCE OF TASKS OF SECURITY AND CHECKING AT THE EXTERNAL BORDERS

The Contracting Parties undertake to deploy enough suitably qualified officers to carry out checks and surveillance along external borders.

"Joint checks" means a check conducted at the border to verify compliance with plant-health requirements of a consignment from either Party.

assess the arrangements for carrying out checks at the external borders, at the official border crossing points and in the intervening areas,

(Reciprocal secondment of liaison officers to advise and assist in the performance of tasks of security and checking at the external borders)

A check should be carried out at the border to verify that seamen without a Schengen visa meet the conditions for entering Schengen territory.

The number and intensity of checks on goods carried by travellers when crossing internal borders shall be reduced to the lowest level possible.

From 1 July 1985 checks on documents detailing transport operations not carried out under licence or quota pursuant to Community or bilateral rules shall be replaced at the common borders by spot checks.

PROMPTED by the resolve to achieve the abolition of checks at their common borders on the movement of nationals of the Member States of the European Communities and to facilitate the movement of goods and services at those borders,

Whereas the official veterinarian at the border inspection post, after having completed the veterinary checks, must issue a certificate attesting that these checks have been carried out to his satisfaction;

share the results and conclusions of its audit and verification procedures and border checks with countries that are not signatories to this Annex;

use the results and conclusions of its audit and verification procedures and border checks covering countries that are not signatories to this Annex.

The crossing point and its corresponding inspection sites shall be placed under the responsibility of veterinary services responsible for border checks.

(3) Provisions should therefore be made to identify the border inspection post where products of animal origin coming from Romania could be checked at the border with Hungary, and to provide appropriate derogation to the requirements applicable to the inspection facilities for products of animal origin at this border inspection post.

An Ad Hoc Committee shall be set up to examine whether Greece fulfils all the preconditions for the abolition of checks on persons at the internal borders.

check whether there are sufficient staffing levels at the different borders visited, together with their training, inter alia, on detecting false documents,

The Committee shall evaluate the results of its inquiries in the areas of external border checks and arrangements for the movement of persons within airports.

Consideration shall subsequently be given to the possibility of introducing common checks at other border crossing points, taking account of local conditions.

A Contracting Party which envisages conducting negotiations on border checks with a third State shall inform the other Contracting Parties thereof in good time.

The State receiving the Common Manual on Checks at the External Borders or any other confidential document must undertake to treat such document as confidential.

to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at the common borders signed at Schengen on 19 June 1990

The Parties agree that border inspections and checks of products certified to the importing Party's requirements shall be completed as expeditiously as possible.

Propose, on the basis of best practice in the field, the percentage of checks to be conducted at borders on consignments of plants subject to plant- health sampling checks, and propose a reduction in this percentage (Article 5);

The Contracting Parties shall step up their cooperation with a view to conducting checks on transfers of hazardous and non-hazardous waste across internal borders.

The Parties shall endeavour to keep to a minimum the time spent at common borders in connection with checks on the carriage of passengers by road for hire or reward.

The principles governing checks at airports, being external borders, are the same as those governing checks on travellers elsewhere, for instance at road checkpoints.

A State which contemplates reinstating checks at its internal borders in the short term must send notification to the other States, together with following information:

(2) The procedures for the declaration of, and veterinary checks on, animals at the border must be harmonised with the procedures applicable to products of animal origin.

amending the provisions of Article 40(1) and (7) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders

For the purposes of discreet surveillance, all or some of the following information may be collected and communicated to the authority issuing the alert when border checks or other police and customs checks are carried out within the country:

(1) Hungary has been granted a transitional period of three years for certain aspects of the veterinary checks regime concerning the standards for the facilities required at the border with Romania, for the checks on products of animal origin.

Contracting Party of first entry shall be the State whose external border the applicant crosses in order to enter the Schengen area after having had his/her documents checked.

(1) Hungary has been granted a transitional period of three years with regard to the regime to be applied at the border with Romania for the veterinary checks on live animals.

The crossing by persons of the external borders of those States which have decided to abolish checks at their internal borders, including the rules and arrangements with which those States must comply when carrying out checks on persons at external borders, surveillance of border areas and cooperation with the services responsible for border control.

With regard to the cross-border carriage of goods by road, the Parties shall waive, as from 1 July 1985, systematic performance of the following checks at their common borders:

As regards Switzerland, the Swiss authorities shall carry out the audit and verification procedures provided for in paragraph 1 and the border checks provided for in Article 15.

Whereas Directive 90/425/EEC (3) provides that veterinary checks on certain live animals and animal products are no longer to be carried out at the Community's internal borders;

The European Union shall provide assistance to reinforce the capacity of the Georgian authorities to provide, through their border guards, support and protection for the OSCE observer mission on the border of Georgia with the Ingush Republic of the Russian Federation, as well as continued assistance in relation to the border of Georgia with the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation.

The Executive Committee hereby acknowledges that Greece has made considerable efforts to carry out all border checks at the airports and external borders to the Schengen standard.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 136/2004 of 22 January 2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products imported from third countries

That it is equally imperative that the authorities responsible for border control at the external borders systematically check the identity papers and the travel documents of minors.