Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (codification) Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: April 12, 2016 Entry into force - Date notif. +20 See Art 45 Modified by Modified by: Regulation (EU) 2017/2225 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System
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detail Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and amending Regulations (EU) No 1077/2011, (EU) No 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/1624 and (EU) 2017/2226
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detail Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on the European Border and Coast Guard and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC
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detail Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of borders and visa and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1726 and (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA
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detail Regulation (EU) 2024/1717 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders
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detail Regulation (EU) 2017/458 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders
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detail Regulation (EU) 2021/1134 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1860, (EU) 2018/1861, (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA, for the purpose of reforming the Visa Information System
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detail Amendment proposed by: Modifies Modifies: Repeal: Implicit repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 December 2023. Nordic Info BV v Belgische Staat. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige rechtbank van eerste aanleg Brussel. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 2004/38/EC – Articles 27 and 29 – Measures restricting the free movement of Union citizens on public health grounds – Measures of general application – National legislation providing for a ban on leaving the national territory in order to engage in non-essential travel to Member States classified as high-risk zones in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and an obligation for every traveller entering the national territory from one of those Member States to undergo screening tests and to observe quarantine – Schengen Borders Code – Article 23 – Exercise of police powers in the field of public health – Equivalence with the exercise of border checks – Article 25 – Possibility of reintroducing border controls at internal borders in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic – Controls carried out in a Member State as part of measures prohibiting the crossing of borders for the purpose of engaging in non-essential travel from or to States in the Schengen area classified as high-risk zones in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Case C-128/22. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 December 2019. Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v E.P. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Border controls, asylum and immigration — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) — Article 6 — Entry conditions for third-country nationals — Concept of ‘threat to public policy’ — Return decision issued to an illegally staying third-country national. Case C-380/18. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 21 September 2023. Association Avocats pour la défense des droits des étrangers (ADDE) and Others v Ministre de l'Intérieur. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Border control, asylum and immigration – Regulation (EU) 2016/399 – Article 32 – Temporary reintroduction of border control by a Member State at its internal borders – Article 14 – Refusal of entry – Equation of internal borders with external borders – Directive 2008/115/EC – Scope – Article 2(2)(a). Case C-143/22. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 February 2020. Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v J. and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — Schengen Borders Code — Control at the external borders — Third-country nationals — Article 11(1) — Affixing of stamps on travel documents — Exit stamp — Determination of the time of exit from the Schengen area — Signing-on of seamen with ships that are in long-term mooring in a sea port. Case C-341/18. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 March 2019. Préfet des Pyrénées-Orientales v Abdelaziz Arib and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Area of freedom, security and justice — Border control, asylum and immigration — Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — Article 32 — Temporary reintroduction of border control, by a Member State, at its internal borders — Illegal entry of a third-country national — Equation of internal borders with external borders — Directive 2008/115/EC — Scope — Article 2(2)(a). Case C-444/17. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 26 April 2022. NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Free movement of persons – Regulation (EU) 2016/399 – Schengen Borders Code – Article 25(4) – Temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders for a maximum total duration of six months – National legislation providing for a number of successive periods of border control resulting in that duration being exceeded – Non-compliance of such legislation with Article 25(4) of the Schengen Borders Code where the successive periods are based on the same threat or threats – National legislation requiring, on pain of a penalty, a passport or identity card to be presented when the internal border control is carried out – Non-compliance of such an obligation with Article 25(4) of the Schengen Borders Code when the border control itself is contrary to that provision. Case C-368/20. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 4 March 2021. A v Migrationsverket. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Förvaltningsrätten i Malmö – Migrationsdomstolen. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Border controls, asylum and immigration – Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement – Consultation of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the examination of an application for a residence permit made by a third-country national for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purposes of refusing entry – Article 25(1) – Schengen Borders Code – Entry conditions for third-country nationals – Article 6(1) and (5) – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 7 and Article 24(2) – Refusal to renew a residence permit for the purposes of family reunification on the ground that the applicant’s identity cannot be established with certainty. Case C-193/19. Case C-369/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 5 August 2020 — NW v Bezirkshauptmannschaft Leibnitz article 25 article 29 article 22 Case C-368/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landesverwaltungsgericht Steiermark (Austria) lodged on 5 August 2020 — NW v Landespolizeidirektion Steiermark article 25 article 22 article 29 Case C-143/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 1 March 2022 — Association Avocats pour la défense des droits des étrangers (ADDE) and Others v Ministre de l’Intérieur title (subdivision) III chapter II article 14 Case C-341/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 24 May 2018 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid v J. and Others Case C-584/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Eparchiako Dikastirio Larnakas (Cyprus) lodged on 19 September 2018 — D. Z. v Blue Air — Airline Management Solutions SRL Case C-380/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad van State (Netherlands) lodged on 11 June 2018 — Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid, other party: E.P. article 6 paragraph 1 point (e) Case C-490/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Slovenia) lodged on 14 September 2016 — A.S. v Republic of Slovenia Case C-554/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht Kehl (Germany) lodged on 18 July 2019 – Criminal proceedings against FU article 23 article 22 article 21 point (a) Case C-646/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Verwaltungsgerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 15 December 2016 — Khadija Jafari, Zainab Jafari article 5 paragraph 4 point (c) article 5 paragraph 1 point (b) Case C-474/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Germany) lodged on 8 August 2017 — Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Sociedad de Transportes SA article 23 point (a) sentence 2 article 22 article 23 point (a) article 23 article 23 point (b) Case C-412/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesverwaltungsgericht — Germany lodged on 10 July 2017 — Federal Republic of Germany v Touring Tours und Travel GmbH article 23 point (b) article 23 article 22 article 23 point (a) Case C-444/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 21 July 2017 — Préfet des Pyrénées-Orientales v Abdelaziz Arib, Procureur de la République près le tribunal de grande instance de Montpellier, Procureur général près la cour d’appel de Montpellier Legal basis Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE V - AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE Chapter 2 - Policies on border checks, asylum and immigration Article 77 (ex Article 62 TEC) EuroVoc Vocabulary Internal border of the EU Elimination of internal border controls Crossing external borders Foreign national Border control Admission of aliens External border of the EU Justice and home affairs Cross-border cooperation Schengen Agreement EU national Free movement of persons