Schengen Information System: application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the report drafted by Carlos COELHO (EPP, PT) approving, subject to one amendment, the draft Council decision on the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania.

The proposed amendment stipulates that each Member State concerned should inform the European Parliament and the Council in writing, in the course of the six-month period beginning on the date of entry into force of this Decision, of the follow-up they intend to give to the recommendations contained in the evaluation reports and mentioned in the follow-up which are still to be implemented.