Article 27 — Procedure for the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders under Article 25
Schengen Borders Code, Regulation (EU) 2016/399
What does SCHENGEN-BORDERS-CODE Article 27 say?
Short answer, straight from the official text
1. Where a Member State plans to reintroduce border control at internal borders under Article 25, it shall notify the other Member States and the Commission at the latest four weeks before the planned reintroduction, or within a shorter period where the circumstances giving rise to the need to reintroduce border control at …
Source: Schengen Borders Code, Regulation (EU) 2016/399, read 2026-10-13.
| In the act | EU 2016/399 |
| CELEX | 32016R0399 |
| Read on | 2026-10-13 |
Official text
Read from the EU Publications Office for this CELEX number. The wording stands as published; nothing here is rewritten or summarised.
Jump to a point: Point 1 · Point 2 · Point 3 · Point 4 · Point 5 · Point 6 · Point 7 · Point 8 · Point 9 · Point 10
1. Where a Member State plans to reintroduce border control at internal borders under Article 25, it shall notify the other Member States and the Commission at the latest four weeks before the planned reintroduction, or within a shorter period where the circumstances giving rise to the need to reintroduce border control at internal borders become known less than four weeks before the planned reintroduction. To that end, the Member State shall supply the following information:
(a) the reasons for the proposed reintroduction, including all relevant data detailing the events that constitute a serious threat to its public policy or internal security;
(b) the scope of the proposed reintroduction, specifying at which part or parts of the internal borders border control is to be reintroduced;
(c) the names of the authorised crossing-points;
(d) the date and duration of the planned reintroduction;
(e) where appropriate, the measures to be taken by the other Member States.
A notification under the first subparagraph may also be submitted jointly by two or more Member States.
If necessary, the Commission may request additional information from the Member State(s) concerned.
2. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council at the same time as it is notified to the other Member States and to the Commission pursuant to that paragraph.
3. Member States making a notification under paragraph 1 may, where necessary and in accordance with national law, decide to classify parts of the information.
The article continues in the official text.
The text is quoted from the official source and is not legal advice. A national court reads the language version that binds in its jurisdiction.
Back to the act · EU acts, read down to the national law
ExploreWorldAI is operated by Valkiv Ventures AB (Reg. no. 556995-1311), Kungsgatan 8, 111 43 Stockholm, Sweden. EU-hosted, with data processing assessed against the GDPR. Contact: hello@exploreworldai.com.
Machine-readable summaries for AI agents: /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt.
