EU: Statewatch Analysis: Amending the EU’s Borders Code by Steve Peers, Professor of Law, Law School, University of Essex (Second version: revised June 2012)

“The basic rules concerning the control of the EU’s external borders are set out in the Schengen borders Code (the ‘Code’), which replaced a number of prior measures, including the ‘Common Manual’ for border guards drawn up to implement the Schengen Convention… This analysis examines the current state-of-play of the negotiation of the 2011 proposals, and indicates their possible impact.” See: Full analysis (pdf)