Council Decision 2006/631/JHA of 24 July 2006 fixing the date of application of certain provisions of Decision 2005/211/JHA concerning the introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight against terrorism
Date: 2006-07-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Schengen Information System, access to information, disclosure of information, exchange of information, fight against crime, personal data, terrorism

L 256/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

20.9.2006

(Acts adopted under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union)

COUNCIL DECISION 2006/631/JHA

of 24 July 2006

fixing the date of application of certain provisions of Decision 2005/211/JHA concerning the
introduction of some new functions for the Schengen Information System, including in the fight
against terrorism

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Decision 2005/211/JHA of 24
some new
February 2005 concerning the introduction of
including in
functions for the Schengen Information System,
terrorism (1), and in particular Article 2(4)
the fight against
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 2(4) of Decision 2005/211/JHA specifies that
certain provisions of Article 1 of
that Decision shall
take effect from a date to be fixed by the Council, as
soon as the necessary preconditions have been fulfilled,
and that the Council may decide to fix different dates
concerning the taking effect of those provisions.

The preconditions mentioned in said Article 2(4) have
been fulfilled in respect of Article 1(9)
(new Articles
101A and 101B) of Decision 2005/211/JHA.

As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a devel-
opment of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within
the Agreement
the meaning of
signed between the
European Union,
the European Community and the
Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s asso-
ciation with the implementation, application and devel-
opment of the Schengen acquis, which falls within the
area referred to in Article 1, point G of Council
Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain
the Agreement
the application of
arrangements
concluded by the Council of the European Union and
the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway

for

concerning the association of those two States with the
implementation, application and development of
the
Schengen acquis (2),
read in conjunction with Article
4(1) of Council Decision 2004/849/EC (3) and Council
Decision 2004/860/EC (4) both of 25 October 2004 on
the signing, on behalf of the European Union, on the
signing, on behalf of the European Community, and on
the provisional application of certain provisions of the
said Agreement with the Swiss Confederation,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 1(9)
2005/211/JHA shall apply from 1 October 2006.

(new Articles 101A and 101B) of Decision

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2006.

For the Council
The President

K. RAJAMÄKI

(1) OJ L 68, 15.3.2005, p. 44.

(2) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 78.