Council Decision of 5 June 2008 on declassifying Annex 4 to the SIRENE Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 (1990 Schengen Convention) (2008/422/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 207, paragraph (3) thereof,

Whereas,

By Decision 2003/19/EC of 14 October 2002 on declassifying certain parts of the SIRENE Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985^f1 the Council declassified certain parts of the SIRENE Manual and downgraded Section 2.3 of the SIRENE Manual as well as Annexes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 thereto to the classification level ‘Restreint UE’.

The latest version of the SIRENE Manual as it appears in Commission Decisions 2006/757/EC^f2 and 2006/758/EC^f3 of 22 September 2006 on amending the SIRENE Manual does not contain a provision equivalent to Section 2.3 as it stood at the time of the adoption of Decision 2003/19/EC.

By Decision 2007/473/EC of 25 June 2007 on declassifying certain parts of the SIRENE Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985^f4 the Council declassified Annexes 2 and 5 to the SIRENE Manual.

The Council now considers it appropriate to declassify Annex 4 to the SIRENE Manual.

The classification of Annexes 1, 3 and 6 to the SIRENE Manual should remain ‘Restreint UE’,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: