Legal provisions of COM(2021)472 - Application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the area of Schengen Information System in Cyprus

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Article 1

1. Subject to the conditions specified in this Article, from […]* [date to be filled in by the Council], the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System, set out in the Annex, shall apply in the Republic of Cyprus in its relations with:

(a)the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, and the Kingdom of Sweden.

(b)Ireland with regard to the provisions referred to in Council Decision 2007/533/JHA 19 .

(c)the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation.

2. From […]* [date to be filled in by the Council], the following alerts, supplementary information and additional data may be made available to Cyprus in accordance with Decision 2007/533/JHA and Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council 20 :

(a)alerts defined in Article 3(1), point (a), of that Decision and in Article 3, point (a), of that Regulation;

(b)supplementary information and additional data, defined in Article 3(1), points (b) and (c), of that Decision and Article 3, points (b) and (c), of that Regulation, that are connected with those alerts.

3. From […]* [date to be filled in by the Council], Cyprus shall be able to enter alerts and additional data into the Schengen Information System, to use Schengen Information System data and to exchange supplementary information, subject to paragraph 4.

4. Until checks at internal borders with Cyprus are lifted, Cyprus:

(a)shall not be obliged to refuse entry into or stay on its territory to third-country nationals for whom an alert has been issued by another Member State for the purposes of refusing entry or stay in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006;

(b)shall refrain from entering into the Schengen Information System alerts and additional data as well as from exchanging supplementary information on third-country nationals for the purposes of refusing entry or stay in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.