Background on Schengen enlargementSchengen Agreement • April 1st, 2008
Contract Type FiledApril 1st, 2008On 14th June 1985, the Governments of Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed an agreement at Schengen, a small town in Luxembourg, with a view to enabling "(...) all nationals of the Member States to cross internal borders freely (…)" and to enable the "free circulation of goods and services".