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**Council of the**
**European Union**

**Interinstitutional File:**

**2021/0339(NLE)**

**'I/A' ITEM NOTE**

**Brussels, 29 November 2021**
**(OR. en)**

**14361/21**

**SCH-EVAL 154**
**SIRIS 116**
**COMIX 590**

From: General Secretariat of the Council

To: Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 2)/Council

No. prev. doc.: 14360/21

Subject: Draft Council Implementing Decision setting out a recommendation on
addressing the deficiencies identified in the 2021 evaluation of the
**Netherlands** on the application of the Schengen acquis in the field of the
**Schengen Information System**

1. Following the Council's adoption of Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 establishing an

evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis, a

team of experts from the Member States and the Commission carried out an evaluation of the

Netherlands on the application of the Schengen acquis in the field of the Schengen

Information System in 2021.

2. In accordance with that Regulation, the Commission submitted to the Council a proposal for a

Council Implementing Decision setting out a Recommendation designed to address the

deficiencies identified in the course of the evaluation and ensure that the Netherlands apply all

Schengen rules related to the Schengen Information System correctly and effectively.

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3. The Working Party for Schengen Matters, including the Mixed Committee partners Norway,

Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, approved the proposal for the Council Implementing

Decision setting out a Recommendation on 24 November 2021.

4. The Permanent Representatives Committee is therefore asked to recommend that the Council

adopt the draft Council Implementing Decision, as set out in 14360/21, as an 'A' item at a

forthcoming meeting.

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