By adopting on July 15 the evaluation report regarding the implementation by Romania of the requirements provisioned in order to accede to the Schengen Space, the institutions in the field made one more step towards eliminating the frontiers with the Shengen countries. A pre-evaluation mission carried out by two European experts in Bucharest between July 20 and 24 will enable the preparation of the next stages of this process. The report adopted on July 15 presents the conclusions of the evaluation visit which took place in the period March 27 - April 1 2010. This visit was focused on the terrestrial borders and was the sixth evaluation visit, after those focused on police cooperation, personal data protection, visas, maritime and aerial borders, which took place in March, April, June, September and November 2009.
The Ministry of Administration and Internal Affairs, through its Schengen Department, coordinated the organization of this visit. The aim of the Schengen evaluation visits is to verify in the field the fulfillment of all the conditions necessary to the implementation of the Schengen acquis in this domain, so that Romania can acquire the status of Schengen state with full rights.
The institutions evaluated during the visit were: The Ministry of Administration and Internal Affairs (the Border Police and the Romanian Immigration Office), the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the National Customs Authority.
Details at http://www.schengen.mira.gov.ro/index09.htm |
