European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II) (COM(2005)0236 - C6-0174/2005 - 2005/0106(COD))
Date: 2006-10-25
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, Schengen Agreement, Schengen Information System, data transmission, police cooperation, public safety

C 313 E/204

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

20.12.2006

Wednesday 25 October 2006

P6_TA(2006)0445

Establishment, operation and use of SIS II (regulation) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schen-
gen information system (SIS II) (COM(2005)0236 — C6-0174/2005 — 2005/0106(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0236) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 62(2)(a) and 66 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the

Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0174/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the

opinion of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0355/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0106

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 October 2006 with a view to
the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and Council on the estab-
lishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 62(2)(a), 63(3)
(b) and 66 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1)

The Schengen Information System (‘SIS’) set up pursuant to the provisions of Title IV of the Conven-
tion of 19 June 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the govern-
ments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French
Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (2) (the ‘Schengen Convention’),
and its development, SIS 1+, constitute an essential tool for the application of the provisions of the
Schengen acquis as integrated into the framework of the European Union.

(1) Position of the European Parliament of 25 October 2006.
(2) OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 19. Convention as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1160/2005 (OJ L 191, 22.7.2005,

p. 18).