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

The European Parliament adopted by 525 votes to 18, with 54 abstentions, a legislative resolution 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 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 shortcomings highlighted in the evaluation reports as regards the level of data protection.