EC/Iceland/Liechtenstein/Norway/Switzerland arrangement: participation in implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis

On 30 October 2009, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Arrangement between the European Community and of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on the participation by those States in the work of the committees which assist the European Commission in the exercise of its executive powers as regards the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis – for the content of the Arrangement, see summary of the original proposal.

On the same day, the Commission presented a proposal for a decision on the signature, on behalf of the European Community of this same agreement. Its content is identical to that of this present proposal.

With the present proposal, the Commission proposes that the Council authorises the signature, on behalf of the European Community, of the agreement between the European Community and the associated States to the Schengen acquis.