| Proposal | from Commission (COM (2001) 157, 23 Mar. 2001; OJ 2001 C 180 E/301) | |
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| Legal base | Article 62(2)(b)(iii) EC | |
| Background | replaces Joint Action proposed by Austrian Presidency in 1998 but not agreed and Finnish Presidency proposal for Regulation of Sept 1999 (never published in OJ; Council doc. 10895/99, 9 Sept. 1999) not agreed (Finnish proposal also covered persons with no documents) | |
| Schengen | builds on Schengen acquis | |
| Flexibility | UK has opted in; Ireland has opted out; Denmark is covered | |
| EP committee | Sousa Pinto report (A5-0445/2001) adopted following committee meeting of 3, 4 Dec. 2001 | |
| EP plenary | vote in favour without debate, 12 Dec. 2001 (OJ 2002 C 177 E/127) | |
| Council | adopted by General Affairs Council, 18 Feb. 2002: Regulation 333/2002 |
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| Entry into force | 23 Feb. 2002 (Art. 9) | |
| Implementation | Commission measure on 12 August 2002 (not published; see JHA Scoreboard, COM (2002) 738, 16 Dec. 2002) |
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