Activites

• 2012/11/20 Vote scheduled
• 2012/10/25 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2012/10/19 Committee draft report
  • PE494.661
• 2012/09/24 Amendments tabled in committee
  • PE496.507
• 2012/07/13 Legislative proposal
  • 11142/1/2012
• 2012/07/13 Legislative proposal published
  • 11142/1/2012
  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/', 'title': 'Home Affairs'}, MALMSTRÖM Cecilia
• 2012/04/30 Initial legislative proposal
  • COM(2012)0081 summary

    PURPOSE: further to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, to merge the migration legal framework into a single legal act which was previously split between two legislative instruments according to the pillar structure of the previous Treaties (Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 and Council Decision 2008/839/JHA  on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)) and to include in the legal framework a few further elements of flexibility. PROPOSED ACT: Council Regulation. BACKGROUND: the Schengen Information System (SIS) set up pursuant to the provisions of Title IV of the Convention of 19 June 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June, and its development, SIS 1+, constitute an essential tool for the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis as integrated into the framework of the European Union. The development of the second generation of SIS (SIS II) has been entrusted to the Commission pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 and Council Decision 2001/886/JHA on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). SIS II will replace SIS 1+. SIS II development takes into account the latest evolutions in the field of information technology and allows the introduction of added functionalities. Provisions on the establishment, operation and use of SIS II are laid down in: Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II); Council Decision 2007/533/JHA on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). These legal acts foresee that they will apply to the Member States participating in SIS 1+ only as of dates to be fixed by the Council, acting by the unanimity of its Members representing the governments of the Member States participating in SIS 1+. They will then replace the provisions of the Schengen acquis governing SIS 1+, in particular the relevant provisions in the Schengen Convention. Before this can take place, the users of the SIS 1+ will have to migrate to the SIS II environment. A legal framework for the migration from SIS 1+ to the SIS II was therefore designed in Council Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 and Council Decision 2008/839/JHA of on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (together "migration instruments"). The objective of this proposal is to recast in a single legal instrument Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 and Council Decision 2008/839/JHA, by providing for a revised legal regime for the migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II which enables the Member States to use SIS II with all its functionalities from the moment of the switchover from SIS 1+ to SIS II. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment is required for this proposal as it is the continuation of a technical project without clearly identifiable economic, social and environmental impacts. LEGAL BASIS: Article 74 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: the proposal recasts Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 and Decision 2008/839/JHA into a single legal act as a regulation. This proposal contains entirely or partially new provisions on the following: (1) Recast: the most appropriate mean to reflect the principles of better regulation is to apply to the recast legislative technique as (a) a number of substantive amendments are to be made to the migrations instruments and (b) the pillar structure, which led to the existence of two legal instruments with an essentially identical content, is no longer relevant following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. Under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it would not be possible to modify a former third pillar instrument. Therefore, the only one correct legal technique is to incorporate Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 and Decision 2008/839/JHA in a single legal act under the same legal base. This proposal indicates clearly the new and the adapted provisions. It contains a repeal clause as well as a correlation table. (2) Legal regimes for the migration: this proposal applies a differentiated legal approach for the two phases of the migration from SIS 1+ to SIS II. The migration consists of two steps: a data loading of N.SIS II: the phase of data loading of N.SIS II continues to be governed by the Schengen Convention ; a switchover from N.SIS to N.SIS II: this differentiated approach enables Member States to use SIS II with all its functionalities from the moment of the switchover from SIS 1+ to SIS II by providing for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Decision 2007/533/JHA. In accordance with Article 12 of the migration instruments as worded until now, the migration from SIS 1+ into SIS II is to take place pursuant to Title IV of the Schengen Convention. This rule, however, prevents Member States from using SIS II with its full functionalities from the moment that a Member State successfully switches from SIS 1+ into SIS II. As a consequence, the Member States have to disable all SIS II features that are not in SIS 1+ until the Council decides on the date of application of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Decision 2007/533/JHA. On 23 February 2011, the Member States in the SIS-VIS Committee invited the Commission to initiate without delay the process of adapting the migration legal framework to reflect the technical migration approach outlined in the Migration Plan. The Migration Plan describes that, within one shot switchover period, all Member States will perform the individual switchovers of their national application from SIS I into SIS II one after the other. It is desirable that a Member State that has switched over should be able to use SIS II fully as from the time of the switchover and it does not have to wait until other Member States have also switched over. Therefore, it is necessary to apply Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Decision 2007/533/JHA from the time of the initiation of the switchover by the first Member State. The period of migration should be kept as short as possible. The application of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Decision 2007/533/JHA does not prevent Member States which have not switched over yet or which have a fallback during the intensive monitoring period from using SIS II in functionalities limited to SIS 1+. The proposal not only enables Member States to take full advantage of all the advanced applications available by SIS II but also represents considerable savings for the Member States. (3) Interim migration architecture: the application of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Decision 2007/533/JHA will replace Article 64 and Articles 92 to 119 of the Schengen Convention, with the exception of Article 102a thereof, as it is laid down in Article 52 paragraph 1 and Article 68 paragraph 1 respectively of the said legal acts. As article 92a of the Schengen Convention contains detailed rules on the interim migration architecture, it is desirable to keep it in force during the entire duration of the migration process. The interim migration architecture for the operations of SIS 1+ allows that SIS 1+ and certain technical parts of the architecture of SIS II, which need to be in use to make possible an incremental migration from one system to another, operate in parallel during a limited transitional period. It is therefore necessary to incorporate the relevant provisions of Article 92a of the Schengen Convention into the migration legal framework. Timetable and the expiry date: given the complexity of the migration process which, despite extensive preparation by all stakeholders, entails significant technical risks, this proposal provides for the necessary flexibility to respond to unexpected difficulties that the central system or one or several national systems could face with during the migration process; therefore no longer contains an expiry date. It should be noted that in order to ensure the continuity of the preparations and the timely execution of the migration, this proposal should be adopted at the latest in the second quarter of 2012. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the expenditure involved in the development of the SIS II is to be charged to the general budget of the Union. However, a new category of costs was introduced, namely those related to the migration from SIS 1 to SIS II. With regard to the migration process, the evolution in requirements and the advances made in the completion of the project led to a redefinition of the migration architecture, of the migration calendar and of the testing requirements. An important part of the activities that would now be required at Member State level for the migration to SIS II were not anticipated at the time when Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 and Council Decision 2008/839/JHA were adopted or at the time when the financial package and the multiannual programmes under the EBF were drawn up. It is therefore necessary to partly realign the cost distribution principles insofar as the migration from SIS 1 to SIS II is concerned. As the setting up of the national systems is the primary obligation of Member States, the Union contribution remains optional and this proposal does not intend to create any obligation for the Union. It is also necessary to determine the ceiling of the Union contribution in relation to each Member State. This proposal does not require any additional appropriations as the appropriations still available in 2011 will be used to cover the difference between the total costs in 2012 and the appropriations entered in SIS II budget line for 2012. The costs arising from activities at SIS 1+ level, including supplementary activities of France, acting on behalf of the Member States participating in SIS 1+, shall continue to be borne in line with Article 119 of the Schengen Convention. This article provides that the costs of installing and operating the technical support function of SIS 1+, as referred to in Article 92 (3) of the Convention, including the cost of lines connecting the national sections of the Schengen Information System to the technical support function, are borne jointly by the Member States, while the costs of installing and operating the national section of the Schengen Information System are borne by each Member State individually. More specifically, for the period that ends the current financial framework (2012-2013), the financial statement envisages an overall budget of EUR 35.24 million in operational appropriations only. The total (including administrative appropriations and human resources) provides a total of EUR 40.658 million by 2013.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/', 'title': 'Home Affairs'}, MALMSTRÖM Cecilia

Documents

• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2012)0081
• Legislative proposal: 11142/1/2012
• Legislative proposal published: 11142/1/2012
• Amendments tabled in committee: PE496.507
• Committee draft report: PE494.661

Amendments

Dossier

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2012/0033(NLE) 2012/09/24 LIBE 5 amendments... Amendment 22 # Josef WEIDENHOLZER Proposal for a regulation Recital 29 (29) The Commission and the Member States should continue to cooperate closely during all steps of the development and the migration in order to complete the process. In the Council conclusions on SIS II of 26- 27 February 2009 and 4-5 June 2009, an informal body consisting of the experts of the Member States and designated as the Global Programme Management Board, was established to enhance the cooperation and to provide direct Member States support to the central SIS II project. The positive result of the work of the group and the necessity to further enhance the cooperation and the transparency of the project justify the formal integration of the group into the SIS II management structure. A group of experts, called the Global Programme Management Board should therefore be formally established to complement the current SIS II organisational structure. In order to ensure efficiency as well as cost effectiveness the number of experts should be limited. This group of experts should be without prejudice to the responsibilities of the Commission and of the Member States. Attention should be paid in the composition of the group to gender balance and to a numerical balance between NGO and business representatives. Amendment 23 # Ioan ENCIU, Carlos COELHO Proposal for a regulation Recital 41 a (new) (41a) This Regulation constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen acquis, in which Bulgaria and Romania are participating in accordance with Article 4(2) of the 2005 Act of Accession and with Council Decision 2010/365/EU of 29 June 2010 on the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania. Amendment 24 # Josef WEIDENHOLZER Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 6 6. The activities in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be coordinated by the Commission and the Member States participating in SIS 1+ acting within the Council; the European Parliament shall be informed on a regular basis about these activities. Amendment 25 # Carlos COELHO Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. On the basis of information provided by the Member States and the responsible supervisory authorities, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the completion of the migration, in particular on the switchover of the Member States to SIS II. This report shall confirm whether the migration and in particular the switchover have been carried out in full compliance with this Regulation at central as well as at national level, and that the processing of personal data during the entire migration was in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data1. __________________ 1 OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31. Amendment 26 # Josef WEIDENHOLZER Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 The Board shall be composed of a maximum of 10 members, meeting on a regular basis. A maximum of 8 experts and an equal number of alternates shall be designated by the Member States participating in SIS 1+ acting within the Council. A maximum of two experts and two alternates shall be designated by the Director-General of the responsible Directorate-General of the Commission from among the Commission officials. Attention shall be paid in the composition of the Board to gender balance and to a numerical balance between NGO and business representatives. source: PE-496.507

History

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