TITLE I Definitions Article 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE II Abolition of checks at internal borders and movement of persons Article 2 - 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 1 Crossing internal frontiers Article 2 CHAPTER 2 Crossing external borders Article 3 - 8 CHAPTER 3 Visas Article 9 - 18 Section 1 Visas for short visits Article 9 - 17 Section 2 Visas for long visits Article 18 CHAPTER 4 Conditions governing the movements of aliens Article 19 - 24 CHAPTER 5 Residence permits and reporting as a person not to be permitted entry Article 25 CHAPTER 6 Measures relating to organized travel Article 26 - 27 CHAPTER 7 Responsibility for the processing of applications for asylum Article 28 - 38 TITLE III Police and security Article 39 - 91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER 1 Police co - operation Article 39 - 47 CHAPTER 2 Mutual assistance in criminal matters Article 48 - 53 CHAPTER 3 Application of the Non bis in idem principle Article 54 - 58 CHAPTER 4 Extradition Article 59 - 66 CHAPTER 5 Transfer of the execution of criminal judgments Article 67 - 69 CHAPTER 6 Narcotic drugs Article 70 - 76 CHAPTER 7 Firearms and ammunition Article 77 - 91 TITLE IV The Schengen Information System Article 92 - 119 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHAPTER 1 Setting up of the Schengen Information System Article 92 CHAPTER 2 Operation and utilization of the Schengen Information System Article 93 - 101 CHAPTER 3 Protection of personal data and security of data under the Schengen Information System Article 102 - 118 CHAPTER 4 Apportionment of the costs of the Schengen Information System Article 119 TITLE V Transport and movement of goods Article 120 - 125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE VI Protection of personal data Article 126 - 130 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE VII Executive Committee Article 131 - 133 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE VIII Final Provisions Article 134 - 142 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL ACT ========= MINUTES ======= JOINT STATEMENT =============== by the Ministers and State Secretaries meeting in Schengen on 19 June 1990
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, hereinafter called the Contracting Parties,
Taking as their basis the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders,
Having decided to implement the intention expressed in that agreement of bringing about the abolition of checks at their common borders on the movement of persons and facilitating the transport and movement of goods,
Whereas the Treaty establishing the European Communities, supplemented by the Single European Act, provides that the internal market shall comprise an area without internal frontiers,
Whereas the aim pursued by the Contracting Parties coincides with that objective, without prejudice to the measures to be taken to implement the provisions of the Treaty,
Whereas the implementation of that intention requires a series of appropriate measures and close co-operation between the Contracting Parties,
Have agreed as follows: