Division 1.2.1

Checks shall be carried out both on train passengers and on railway staff on trains crossing external borders, including those on goods trains or empty trains. Member States may conclude bilateral or multilateral agreements on how to conduct those checks respecting the principles set out in point 1.1.4. Those checks shall be carried out in one of the following ways:

• in the first station of arrival or last station of departure on the territory of a Member State;

• on board the train, during transit between the last station of departure in a third country and the first station of arrival on the territory of a Member State or vice versa;

• in the last station of departure or the first station of arrival on the territory of a third country.