!!!Schengener Übereinkommen

Schengen Agreement, concluded at Schengen, Luxembourg, on June 14, 
1985 (Schengen I) between France, Belgium, the Netherlands, 
Luxembourg and Gemany with the object of abolishing checks of persons 
moving across internal borders. The necessary compensatory measures 
were laid down in the Agreement of June 19, 1990 (Schengen II), which 
covers, inter alia, checks at the common external borders of the 
Schengen countries, police cooperation, the introduction of a common 
visa system and the processing of applications for asylum. Italy 
(1990), Spain and Portugal (1991), Greece (1992), Austria (1995) and 
Denmark, Finland and Sweden (1996) acceded to the Agreement. From the 
entry into force on March 26, 1995, freedom of movement was assured 
between the following countries which had complied with the required 
criteria: Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain and 
Portugal; the Agreement entered into force in respect of Italy on 
October 26, 1997, for Austria on December 1, 1997 (end of internal 
border controls on April 1, 1998). In Greece the Agreement was put 
into force on December 8, 1998, and internal border checks were 
abolished in 2000. The Schengen Agreement forms an integral part of 
the Treaty of  Amsterdam and thus of the ''acquis'' of the''   '' 
European Union.

By 2024 the list of Schengencounries has grown a lot, see the Austrian version:  


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