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    The Schengen Information System (SIS) is a governmental database maintained by the European Commission. The SIS is used by 31 European countries to find...
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    The Schengen Area (English: /ˈʃɛŋən/ SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ) encompasses 29 European countries that have officially abolished border controls...
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    applications by Third Country Nationals requiring a visa to enter the Schengen area. The system was established in June 2004 by the Council of the European Union...
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    system of the European Union for visa-exempt visitors travelling to the Schengen Area (including EFTA countries), as well as Cyprus. ETIAS is planned to...
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    Eu-LISA (category Information technology organizations based in Europe)
    will ensure the system will continue to be a valuable tool for officers deployed at borders and hotspots. The Schengen Information System (SIS) is a large-scale...
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  • Caravane by Raphael Schengen Information System, a European governmental database related to border security and law enforcement Schengen visa, a travel document...
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    The Schengen Agreement (English: /ˈʃɛŋən/ SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ) is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which...
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    the implementation of the provisions on data protection and Schengen Information System to Ireland. Ireland joined the UK in adopting this opt-out to...
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    the Schengen Area. The system will store information including name, date of birth, fingerprints and biometrics for a facial recognition system, and...
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    the Schengen Area is a component within the wider area of freedom, security and justice policy of the European Union. It applies to the Schengen Area...
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    the Schengen Information System. Although the United Kingdom was not part of the Schengen passport-free area, it still used the Schengen Information System...
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  • operation in April 2012. eu-LISA Schengen Information System (SIS II) European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), European Commission, 2017...
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    computerised network Schengen Information System and currently hosts the central unit of its new version, the Schengen Information System II, a back-up unit...
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  • Irregular migrants are counted in this due to the use of the Schengen Information System markers - as overstays are counted as "present" in one given...
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  • range of the Pre-Pyrenees Schengen Information System, in Europe Security Information Service, Czech domestic information intelligence agency known as...
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    Schengen Information System, the Visa Information System, the Common European Asylum System, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System...
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    which is stored in the Austrian Search System (EKIS) and (automatically) in the Schengen Information System (SIS). In 2016, a total of 8,887 cases were...
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    Europol Drugs Unit (EDU) in Strasbourg at the same site as the Schengen Information System was hosted. The small initial group started operations there...
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  • February 2016. "Written question – Impact of Interpol Red Notice on Schengen Information System- E-009196/2015". Europa (web portal). Archived from the original...
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    The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is an institution that comprises the European Central Bank (ECB) and the national central banks (NCBs) of all...
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  • Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 December 2016. "The Schengen Information System (SIS)", The Schengen area and cooperation, Europa, 3 August 2009. "The British...
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    like to change the Economic and Monetary Union of the EU, and to end the Schengen Area, and refuses the accession of Turkey to the EU. More widely, the euro-sceptic...
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    identity cards in the European Economic Area Biometric passport Schengen Information System "Visiting the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen". GOV.UK. Retrieved...
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    part of the Schengen Area, and Schengen visas are not valid. However, the islands are part of the Nordic Passport Union and the Schengen Agreement provides...
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     Switzerland Non-Schengen area EU member states  Cyprus  Ireland (Opt-out) ETIAS Prüm Convention Schengen Information System Visa Information System Visa policy...
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  • systems. An example would include the integration aspect of the Schengen Information System (SIS), developed to meet the requirements of the Schengen...
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    Commissioner Franco Frattini included Parliament in talks on the second Schengen Information System even though, in this field at the time, MEPs only needed to be...
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    Commission had proposed to replace the old weighted voting system with a double majority system which would require those voting in favour to represent a...
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    Asylum in the European Union Schengen Agreement Schengen Information System Eurodac European Border Surveillance System Global Monitoring for Environment...
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    European Union (category Political systems)
    European Travel Information and Authorisation System, the Entry/Exit System, the Schengen Information System, the Visa Information System and the Common...
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