Brussels, 09/04/2013 (Agence Europe) - The 22 member states of the Schengen area, and the associate countries (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), have made the transition to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), the European Commission stated in a press release on Tuesday 9 April (see EUROPE 10821).
After a seven-year delay and a budget that ran to more than €167 million, as compared to the originally estimated €23 million, the new SIS - which is...