2002/352/EC: Council Decision of 25 April 2002 on the revision of the Common Manual

Council Decision
of 25 April 2002
on the revision of the Common Manual
(2002/352/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 790/2001 of 24 April 2001 reserving to the Council implementing powers with regard to certain detailed provisions and practical procedures for carrying out border checks and surveillance(1),
Having regard to the initiative of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Sweden,
Whereas:
(1) It is necessary to repeal certain provisions of the Common Manual(2) which are superfluous for border control activities and to amend certain other provisions in order to take account of that repeal.
(2) Member States have indicated to the General Secretariat of the Council that certain Annexes to the Common Manual consisting of lists of factual information, which must be provided by them in accordance with the rules that they currently apply, also no longer need to form part of the Common Manual.
(3) In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not participating in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Since this Decision aims to build upon the Schengen acquis under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, Denmark will decide within a period of six months after the Council has adopted this Decision whether it will transpose it into its national law.
(4) As regards the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis falling within the area referred to in Article 1, point A, of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application 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(3).
(5) Pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, the abovementioned Member States are not participating in the adoption of this Decision and are therefore not bound by it or subject to its application,