2007/472/EC: Council Decision of 25 June 2007 amending the Decision of the Executive Committee set up by the 1990 Schengen Convention, amending the Financial Regulation on the costs of installing and operating the technical support function for the Schengen Information System (C.SIS)
Date: 2007-06-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Schengen Information System, equipment cost, financial regulation, operating cost

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Official Journal of the European Union

7.7.2007

COUNCIL DECISION

of 25 June 2007

amending the Decision of the Executive Committee set up by the 1990 Schengen Convention,
amending the Financial Regulation on the costs of installing and operating the technical support
function for the Schengen Information System (C.SIS)

(2007/472/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

From that date onwards those Member States should
participate in the C.SIS Financial Regulation.

Having regard to Article 119 of the Convention implementing
the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the
Governments 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 (the
1990 Schengen Convention),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 119 of the 1990 Schengen Convention provides
that the costs arising from the installation and operation
of the C.SIS, referred to in Article 92(3) thereof, are to be
borne jointly by the Contracting Parties.

The financial obligations arising from the installation and
the C.SIS are regulated by a specific
operation of
Financial Regulation adopted by the Decision of
the
Schengen Executive Committee of 15 December 1997
concerning the modification of the C.SIS Financial Regu-
lation (hereinafter the C.SIS Financial Regulation).

The C.SIS Financial Regulation applies
to Denmark,
Finland and Sweden, as well as to Iceland and Norway
by virtue of Decision 2000/777/EC (1).

The new Member States, with the exception of Cyprus,
are to be integrated into the first generation Schengen
Information System (SIS 1+) on a date to be set by the
Council in accordance with Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act
of Accession, within the framework of the SISone4ALL
project.

(1) Council Decision 2000/777/EC of 1 December 2000 on the appli-
cation of the Schengen acquis in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, and
in Iceland and Norway (OJ L 309, 9.12.2000, p. 24).

(6)

(7)

(8)

they should contribute

It is reasonable that those Member States contribute to
historical C.SIS costs. However, since they only joined the
European Union in 2004,
it is considered appropriate
in
that
relation to the installation of the C.SIS from 1 January
2005.
they
contribute to historical operating costs from 1 January
2007.

also considered reasonable

to historical

costs

that

is

It

As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes
the Schengen acquis
a development of provisions of
within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the
Council of
the European Union and the Republic of
Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the
association of those two States with the implementation,
application and development of the Schengen acquis (2)
which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point
G, of Decision 1999/437/EC (3) on certain arrangements
for the application of that Agreement.

As regards Switzerland, this Decision constitutes a devel-
opment of provisions of the Schengen acquis within the
meaning of the Agreement signed between the European
Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confed-
eration concerning the association of the Swiss Confed-
eration with the implementation, application and devel-
opment of the Schengen acquis which falls within the
area referred to in Article 1, point G, of Decision
1999/437/EC read in conjunction with Article 4(1) of
Decisions 2004/849/EC (4) and 2004/860/EC (5).

(2) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 36.
(3) OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.
(4) Council Decision 2004/849/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing,
on behalf of the European Union, and on the provisional application
the Agreement between the European
of certain provisions of
Union,
the European Community and the Swiss Confederation
concerning the Swiss Confederation’s association with the imple-
mentation, application and development of
the Schengen acquis
(OJ L 368, 15.12.2004, p. 26).

(5) Council Decision 2004/860/EC of 25 October 2004 on the signing,
on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional
application of certain provisions of
the Agreement between the
European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confed-
eration, concerning the Swiss Confederation’s association with the
implementation, application and development of
the Schengen
acquis (OJ L 370, 17.12.2004, p. 78).

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(9)

(10)

The United Kingdom is taking part in this Decision, in
accordance with Article 5 of the Protocol integrating the
Schengen acquis into the framework of
the European
Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and
to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and
Article 8(2) of Decision 2000/365/EC (1).

Ireland is taking part in this Decision, in accordance with
Article 5 of the Protocol integrating the Schengen acquis
into the framework of the European Union annexed to
the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty estab-
lishing the European Community, and Article 6(2) of
Decision 2002/192/EC (2).

(11) As

regards

this Decision
the Republic of Cyprus,
constitutes a provision building on the Schengen acquis
or otherwise related to it within the meaning of Article
3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added to point 3 of Title I of the
C.SIS Financial Regulation:

‘— in the case of the States which became Members of the
European Union in 2004, this amount shall only be
calculated on the basis of the costs incurred for the
installation of the C.SIS as of 1 January 2005. They
shall also contribute to the operating costs of
the
C.SIS as of 1 January 2007.’

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect from the date of its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2007.

(12)

This Decision constitutes a provision building on the
Schengen acquis or otherwise related to it within the
meaning of Article 4(2) of the 2005 Act of Accession,

For the Council
The President

A. SCHAVAN

(1) Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the
request of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen
acquis (OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43).

(2) Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning
the provisions of the

Ireland’s request to take part
in some of
Schengen acquis (OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20).