juunil 1990 kirjutasid needsamad viis riiki alla Schengeni konventsioonile. See sätestab liikumisvabaduse rakendamise korra ja tagatised. Konventsioon nõuab muudatusi riikide vastavates seadustes ja tuleb parlamentides ratifitseerida. Hiljem on konventsioonile alla kirjutanud Itaalia (1990), Hispaania ja Portugal (1991), Kreeka (1992), Austria (1995), Rootsi, Soome ja Taani (1996). Konventsiooniga on liitunud ka Iiri ja Norra.
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From 1 May 2004, the EU will have 10 new members (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Cyprus and Slovenia. The ten acceding states will not automatically be full – operational - members of the Schengen cooperation. According to the Schengen Convention (which remains the basis for this cooperation), membership of the Schengen cooperation is a process in two steps. During the accession negotiations the acceding states have accepted the Schengen acquis. For the internal border controls to be lifted there has to be a separate verification and Council decision. This is similar to what happend when the Nordic countries became full members of Schengen. Furthermore, the present SIS-database has limited capacity. A new system, SIS II, should be in place by 2006.
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, signatories to the Schengen agreements, are authorised to establish closer cooperation among themselves within the scope of those agreements and related provisions, as they are listed in the Annex to this Protocol, hereinafter referred to as the 'Schengen acquis`.
