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European Commission: Strategy Paper and Report 2003

Schengen

The Union has made clear that full application of the Schengen acquis necessitates a process in two stages. In the first stage, by the date of accession, acceding countries will need to have achieved a high level of border control, even though certain special arrangements such as shared infrastructure and equipment or joint patrols could be envisaged with other Member States. The lifting of internal border controls will only occur some time after accession and will be subject to a separate decision making process for each new Member State separately, based on the full implementation of the Schengen acquis.

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