2007/801/EC: Council Decision of 6 December 2007 on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic

1 The provisions of the Schengen acquis referred to in Annex I shall apply to the Member States concerned amongst themselves and in their relations with the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of France, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, as well as with the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway as from 21 December 2007. To the extent that those provisions regulate the abolition of checks on persons at internal borders, they shall apply as from 30 March 2008 to air borders. All restrictions on the use of the Schengen Information System by the Member States concerned shall be lifted as from 21 December 2007.

2 The provisions of the Schengen acquis referred to in Annex II shall apply to the Member States concerned in their relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as from 21 December 2007.

Until 30 June 2008, and during their period of validity, national short-term visas issued before 21 December 2007 shall remain valid for the purpose of transit through the territory of the other Member States concerned in so far as they recognised such short-term visas for the purpose of transit in accordance with Decision No 895/2006/EC. The conditions set out in that Decision shall apply.

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