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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9623

15 March 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Prague will not pass Schengen data on to USA

Brussels, 14/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The data base of the Schengen zone (Schengen Information System - SIS) will not be made accessible to US authorities for lifting the visa obligation on Czech nationals travelling to the USA, Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra said on Wednesday 12 March. Fears to the contrary had been voiced by European Commission President José Manuel Barroso for the Czech media. “This is nonsense. We have repeatedly said that as far as...

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