Schengen: migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). Decision

The European Parliament adopted, by 450 votes to 25 with 31 abstentions, a legislative resolution amending the draft Council Decision on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Carlos COELHO (EPP-ED, PT) on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

The amendments, adopted under the consultation procedure, concern the following points:

• a new Article on reporting states that the Commission shall submit by the end of every six-month period, and for the first time by the end of the first six-month period of 2009, a progress report to the European Parliament and the Council concerning the development of SIS II and migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II);
• the Decision should expire no later than 30 June 2010.