Translation of "passage de frontière " (French → English) :

External border crossing points, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) , constitute a separate region.

1. For the sole purpose of verifying the identity of the visa holder and/or the authenticity of the visa and/or whether the conditions for entry to the territory of the Member States in accordance with Article 5 of the Schengen Borders Code are fulfilled, the competent authorities for carrying out checks at external border crossing points in accordance with the Schengen Borders Code shall, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, have access to search using the number of the visa sticker in combination with verification of fingerprints of the visa holder.

1. For the sole purpose of verifying the identity of the visa holder and/or the authenticity of the visa and/or whether the conditions for entry to the territory of the Member States in accordance with Article 5 of the Schengen Borders Code are fulfilled, the competent authorities for carrying out checks at external border crossing points in accordance with the Schengen Borders Code shall, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, have access to search using the number of the visa sticker in combination with verification of fingerprints of the visa holder.

4. it is the responsibility of the public authorities in the countries whose nationals are treated as EU nationals for the purpose of crossing external borders to make their nationals aware of this fact; that this obligation already lies with the Icelandic and Norwegian authorities, who are required to explain to their nationals that the abbreviation EEA applies to them (even though it is one which nobody really understands); that the number of Icelandic or Norwegian nationals labelled EEA who will cross the EU’s external borders from, for example, Slovenia or Slovakia does not really justify the inclusion of an additional and perfectl ...[+++]y incomprehensible abbreviation on signs; and that, furthermore, it is somewhat incongruous that the circle of stars which clearly designates the European Union should contain the extremely unfamiliar abbreviations of at least two countries which have refused to join the European Union;

5. Invites the Commission to develop, together with the Kaliningrad authorities, projects in order to improve the border-crossing infrastructure, to improve the qualifications of border guards and customs officials; calls in particular on the relevant Russian border and customs authorities to ensure that their staff have a modern attitude geared to the needs of the citizens and thus contribute to speedy clearance at border crossings; considers that these projects are even more important than the issue of visas to cross-border mobility and that they can profit from the very positive experience made by other joint projects in the customs ...[+++] and border guards field between the EU and Russia (e.g. the Sheremetyevo project);

5. Invites the Commission to develop, together with the Kaliningrad authorities, projects in order to improve the border crossing infrastructure, to improve the qualifications of border guards and customs officials; calls in particular on the relevant Russian border and customs authorities to ensure that their staff have a modern attitude geared to the needs of the citizens and thus contribute to speedy clearance at border crossings; considers that these projects are even more important than the issue of visas to cross-border mobility and that these projects can profit from the very positive experience made by other joint projects in t ...[+++]he customs and border guards field between the EU and Russia (e.g. the Sheremetyevo project);