{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-894/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-894/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/894",
  "legislation_title": "Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/894 of 12 May 2016 setting out a recommendation for temporary internal border control in exceptional circumstances putting the overall functioning of the Schengen area at risk",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-894",
  "path": "division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway to maintain proportionate temporary border controls for a maximum period of six months, starting from the day of the adoption of this Implementing Decision, at the following internal borders:",
  "text": "Austria at the Austrian-Hungarian land border and Austrian-Slovenian land border,\nGermany at the German-Austrian land border,\nDenmark in the Danish ports with ferry connections to Germany and at the Danish-German land border,\nSweden in the Swedish harbours in the Police Region South and West and at the Öresund bridge,\nNorway in the Norwegian ports with ferry connections to Denmark, Germany and Sweden.\nBefore introducing such controls, the Member State concerned should exchange views with the relevant neighbouring Member State(s) with a view to ensuring that internal border controls are only carried out at those parts of the internal border where it is considered necessary and proportionate, in accordance with the Schengen Borders Code.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/894/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:57.119653+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}