The Polish presidency presented a draft Council decision on the framework for the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania. This text did not, however, receive the unanimous support necessary and was therefore not put to a vote. The presidency intends to continue its efforts to find a basis for agreement.
The Council reverted to the question of the Schengen accession of Bulgaria and Romania in line with the June Council conclusions on the completion of the process of Schengen evaluation of the state of preparedness of Bulgaria and Romania to implement all provisions of the Schengen acquis.
These conclusions underlined that the Schengen evaluation process for Bulgaria and Romania has been completed and that the Council would return to the issue as soon as possible, and no later than September 2011.