December 22, 1994 (Awake in the winter months XX), the "Schengen Agreement" to determine the effective date.

1994 12 22, the Schengen Agreement, the Executive Committee decided in Bonn, the Agreement will come into effect on March 26, 1995.
then, nine signatory of the Schengen Agreement of the seven countries, namely France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal will be canceled internal border checks, the implementation of the free flow of personnel. Italy and Greece in information technology is not yet ready to decide later this added. The request of France, the Schengen Agreement, the Executive Committee decided that the first three months from March 26, 1995 as a transition period. During this period, the seven countries to check the functioning of this mechanism, the discretion of the immediate and full implementation of the Schengen Agreement.