COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… establishing a uniform format for the report on the reintroduction or prolongation of border control at internal borders in accordance with Article 33 of R...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 14.2.2025 C(2025) 905 final COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… of 14.2.2025 establishing a uniform format for the report on the reintroduction or prolongation of border control at internal borders in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) …/… of 14.2.2025 establishing a uniform format for the report on the reintroduction or prolongation of border control at internal borders in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code)1, and in particular Article 33(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) The establishment of an area where persons are free to move without internal borders is one of the main achievements of the Union. Therefore, the reintroduction of border control at internal borders should remain an exception and should only be a measure of last resort. (2) Regulation (EU) 2016/399 obliges Member States which have carried out border control at internal borders to present a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the...