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(48) Following the start of operations of the EES, the 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 OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 19. (‘the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement’) should be amended with regard to bilateral agreements concluded by Member States and the authorised length of stay beyond 90 days in any 180-day period of visa-exempt third–country nationals. In its overall evaluation of the EES, the Commission should include an assessment of the use made of the bilateral agreements of Member States. It should be possible for the Commission to include options in the first evaluation report in view of phasing out such bilateral agreements and replacing them with a Union instrument.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.