Schengen area definition

Schengen area means the area without internal borders comprising the territories of the Member States as defined in point (a) applying the Schengen acquis in full.
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Schengen area means the area without internal borders comprising the territories of the Member States as defined in point (a) applying the Schengen acquis in full;
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Schengen area means the territory of the Contracting Parties which apply the Schengen acquis in full.
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Examples of Schengen area in a sentence

  • As from 18 October 2013, for third-country nationals – irrespective of being visa required or exempt – who intend to travel to the Schengen area for a short-stay, the maximum duration of authorised stay is defined as '90 days in any 180-day period'.

  • Regulation (EU) No 610/2013 of 26 June 20131 (hereinafter: the SBC amendment) amended the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement2 (CISA), Regulation (EC) No 562/20063 (Schengen Borders Code [SBC]) and Regulation (EC) No 810/20094 (the Visa Code) and – among others – re-defined the concept of 'short-stay' for third-country nationals in the Schengen area.

  • No, he will not need a visa when you visit Italy, as Italy is part of the Schengen area and he holds a residence document issued by another Schengen Member State.

  • Anyone (both nationals and non-nationals of the Member States in the Schengen area) has the right to direct access to personal data held on them in SIS.

  • Member States should therefore ensure that measures taken at the external borders are coordinated in order to ensure a well functioning Schengen area.

  • Of the EU member states, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Cyprus and Romania are not part of the Schengen area.

  • The holder of a multiple entry visa ("MULT") may enter the Schengen area unlimited number of times during the validity of the visa while respecting the rules on duration of stay.

  • To traffic crossing the border between Finland and another state, the guidelines concerning border crossing apply, if the other state does not belong to the Schengen area.

  • External border traffic, or traffic crossing the external border, refers to traffic between Finland and a state that does not belong to the Schengen area.

  • This is all the more relevant in an area without internal borders such as the Schengen area.


More Definitions of Schengen area

Schengen area came into being in 1995 among most members of the EU. The lifting of national border controls required an alternative response to protection against the passage of unwanted elements.1 In addition to building a joint information system (the Schengen Information System, SIS) on the movement of suspected/wanted persons and stolen property, Europol was established in the 1990s as an added measure dedicated to the fight against cross-border crime among EU member states and beyond. The agency also indirectly provides a certain response to the absence of one central coordinating police investigative agency in many of the member states. Thus, Europol offers internal and interstate coordination in combatting cross-border crime. Up until 2017, Europol had two frameworks for cooperation with non-EU states. A third was added that year. Each is characterized by a different range and focus of cooperation (see table no. 1 below).
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Schengen area means the area of Schengen Member States.
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Schengen area means the area without internal borders comprising the territories of the Member States as defined in point (a) applying the Schengen acquis in full. 1. Citizens of the Union holding a valid ordinary, diplomatic, service, official or special passport issued by a Member State may enter and stay without a visa in the territory of Trinidad and Tobago for the period of stay as defined in Article 4(1). Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago holding a valid ordinary, diplomatic, service, official or special passport issued by Trinidad and Tobago may enter and stay without a visa in the territory of the Member States for the period of stay as defined in Article 4(2). 2. Paragraph 1 of this Article does not apply to persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. For that category of persons, each Member State individually may decide to impose a visa requirement on the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago or to withdraw it in accordance with Article 4(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 539/20011. For that category of persons, Trinidad and Tobago may decide on the visa requirement or the visa waiver for the citizens of each Member State individually in accordance with its national law. 3. The visa waiver provided for by this Agreement shall apply without prejudice to the laws of the Contracting Parties relating to the conditions of entry and short stay. The Member States and Trinidad and Tobago reserve the right to refuse entry into and short stay in their territories if one or more of these conditions is not met. 4. The visa waiver applies regardless of the mode of transport used to cross the borders of the Contracting Parties. 5. Issues not covered by this Agreement shall be governed by Union law, the national law of the Member States and by the national law of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Related to Schengen area

  • Development Area means that area to which a development plan is applicable.

  • Urban area means Maricopa and Pima counties, excluding Tribal Lands.

  • Area means with respect to a Contracting Party (i) the territory of that Contracting Party; and (ii) the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf with respect to which that Contracting Party exercises sovereign rights or jurisdiction in accordance with international law;

  • Project Area means land or lands located within the incentive

  • Carpet Area means the net usable floor, area of an Flat/Apartment, excluding the area covered by the external walls, areas under services shafts, excluding balcony or verandah area and exclusive open terrace, but includes the area covered by the internal partition walls of the flat/apartment;

  • Area of shallow flooding means a designated AO or AH Zone on a community's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) with one percent or greater annual chance of flooding to an average depth of one to three feet where a clearly defined channel does not exist, where the path of flooding is unpredictable and indeterminate; and where velocity flow may be evident. Such flooding is characterized by ponding or sheet flow.

  • Metropolitan Area means that area within a radius of fifty kilometres from the Perth Railway Station.

  • Rural area means any county with a population of fewer than twenty thousand individuals. "Small business concern," as used in this clause, means a concern, including its affiliates, that is