Stays in the Faroe Islands and Greenland count toward the Schengen 90-day rule
Official title (in Danish): Lov om ændring af udlændingeloven (Ændring af regler som følge af EU-samarbejdet om Schengen og Dublinforordningen)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The act adjusts the Danish Aliens Act so that Bulgaria and Romania are no longer exempt when Schengen countries are discussed, and to Cyprus's application of the Schengen rules.
- Stays in the Faroe Islands and Greenland count toward the 90 days within any 180-day period, and foreign nationals must provide biometric information, unless they are exempt under the EES Regulation.
- When: The Act was scheduled to enter into force on 1 January 2025. This has not yet been confirmed.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget foretager de nødvendige ændringer i dansk ret som følge af Cyperns anvendelse af Schengenreglerne. Desuden indgår en ændring af regler ved beregningen af det tilladte kortvarige ophold i Danmark for tredjelandsstatsborgere. Det vil medføre, at et kortvarigt ophold på Færøerne og i Grønland inkluderes i beregningen. Derudover stilles der som betingelse for indrejse i Danmark, at en udlænding afgiver biometriske oplysninger, hvis udlændingen er forpligtet til det efter EU-lovgivning.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 10 October 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 17 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 30 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- Entered into force · 1 January 2025The date is in the source, but entry into force has not been confirmed yet – the case awaits manual review