Schengen Information System (SIS)

The Schengen Information System (SIS) is a tool to maintain security in the Member States' territory by supporting operational cooperation between border guards, police and immigration authorities.

The Schengen acquis - Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders:

• The Schengen aquis (external link)

Norway is bound by the following Regulations, cf. SIS-loven § 1 (the SIS Act section 1)(external link):

Regulation (EU) 2018/1860 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the use of the Schengen Information System for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals:

• Regulation 2018/1860 (external link)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, and amending and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006:

• Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 (external link)
• Regulation (EU) 2018/1861 with overview of amendments as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (external link)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, amending and repealing Council Decision 2007/533/JHA, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1986/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Decision 2010/261/EU:

• Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 (external link)
• Regulation (EU) 2018/1862 with overview of amendments as published in the Official Journal of the European Union (external link)