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As regards Cyprus, Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 (35) provides for specific rules that apply to the line between the areas of the Republic of Cyprus in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control and those areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control. […]
1. Third-country nationals subjected to the screening pursuant to Article 5 or 7 shall undergo a security check to verify whether they might pose a threat to internal security. That security check may cover both the third-country nationals and the objects in their possession. The law of the Member State concerned shall apply to any […]
Border control is in the interest not only of the Member States at whose external borders it is carried out but of all Member States that have abolished internal border control. Border control should help to reduce illegal migration, to combat the smuggling and trafficking of human beings, and to prevent any threat to the […]
Member States should be able to refrain from carrying out the screening within the territory if a third-country national staying illegally on their territory is sent back, immediately after apprehension, to another Member State under bilateral agreements or arrangements or under bilateral cooperation frameworks. In that case, the Member State to which the third-country national […]
The biometric data taken during the screening should, together with the data referred to in the provisions on the collection and transmission of biometric data of applicants for international protection, of third-country nationals or stateless persons apprehended in connection with the irregular crossing of an external border, of third-country nationals or stateless persons illegally staying […]
Where justified, the screening could also include verification of objects in the possession of third-country nationals, in accordance with national law. Any measures applied in the context of a security check should be proportionate and should respect the human dignity of the persons subject to the screening. The authorities involved should ensure that the fundamental […]
Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein are not bound by . In those States the reception conditions for applicants for international protection are regulated by relevant national legislation based on the application of the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as supplemented by the New York Protocol of 31 […]
1. The queries provided for in Article 14(2) and in Article 15(2) may be launched using, for queries related to EU information systems, Europol data, Interpol Databases, the in accordance with Chapter II of and with Chapter II of . 2. Where a hit is obtained following a query as provided for in Article 15(2) […]
According to , border control consists of border checks carried out at the border crossing points and border surveillance, which is carried out between the border crossing points, in order to prevent third-country nationals from border crossing not authorised under that Regulation or from circumventing border checks. Pursuant to the provisions on border surveillance in […]
This Regulation is without prejudice to provisions of national law covering the identification of third-country nationals suspected of staying in a Member State illegally where such identification is in order to research, within a brief but reasonable time, the information enabling the determination of the illegality or legality of the stay.
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