On 24 June 1997 the Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden agreed on a Protocol amending Articles 40, 41 and 65 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985, signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 (hereinafter referred to as "the Protocol") by providing for a simplified procedure to amend references in those Articles to "officers", "authorities" and "competent Ministries".
Dne 24. junija 1997 so se Vlade Kraljevine Belgije, Kraljevine Danske, Zvezne republike Nemčije, Helenske Republike, Kraljevine Španije, Francoske republike, Italijanske republike, Velikega vojvodstva Luksemburg, Kraljevine Nizozemske, Republike Avstrije, Portugalske republike, Republike Finske in Kraljevine Švedske sporazumele o protokolu, ki spreminja člene 40, 41 in 65 Konvencije o izvajanju Schengenskega sporazuma z dne 14. junija 1985 (v nadaljnjem besedilu Protokol) z določitvijo poenostavitve postopka za spremembo opredelitve pojmov "uradniki", "organi" in "pristojna ministrstva" v navedenih členih.