Prüm Convention

The Prüm Convention (inaccurately known as Schengen III Agreement) is a law enforcement treaty which was signed on 27 May 2005 by Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain in the town of Prüm in Germany, and which is open to all members of the European Union, 14 of which are currently parties.

Prüm Convention
Convention on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration
  Parties to the Prüm Convention and Prüm Decision participants
  Other Prüm Decision participants
  non-EU member states participating
  non-EU member states which have signed an agreement to participate
TypeIntergovernmental agreement
Signed27 May 2005
LocationPrüm, Germany
Effective1 November 2006
Condition2 ratifications
Parties14
DepositaryMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany
LanguagesGerman, Spanish, French and Dutch (original)
Full text
Prüm Convention at Wikisource

The treaty was based on an initiative by the then German Minister Otto Schily from mid-2003. Core elements of the convention were picked up by EU Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on 23 June 2008 on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime.

The full name of the treaty is Convention between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Austria on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration.

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