Road haulers demand a specific date for Romania’s 2024 Land Schengen Entry
The partial entry of Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen Zone, which will take effect in March of this year, has received the endorsement of the National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania (UNTRR). However, the group is pleading with Romanian and European authorities to set a precise deadline for adding land borders to the Schengen Area.
According to a recent UNTRR assessment, the road freight industry has suffered significant losses of €2.41 billion as a result of being excluded from the passport-free travel zone. The land accession, according to UNTRR Secretary-General Radu Dinescu, is crucial for road freight companies, who suffer from inefficiencies brought on by long wait periods.
Coach operators also wish to avoid new duties that entail verifying passenger data in the European Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS), since these can result in additional administrative costs.
Dinescu emphasizes that the general framework and technical conditions for admittance should be in line with the criteria outlined by other EU members for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria.
He points out that Romanian passenger and transport companies have been waiting a long time to join the Schengen Zone; in fact, the move should have happened in 2011 when European organizations verified that Bucharest satisfies all requirements for entry.
Dinescu claims that since air carriers already have access to passenger data, the Schengen Area’s enlargement to encompass Romania’s air borders might have occurred much sooner.
According to the agreement between Romania, Bulgaria, and Austria, Bucharest and Sofia would be able to travel by air and water to the Schengen Area starting in March 2024. This year, discussions about entry through land boundaries are expected to occur.
Vienna has previously prevented Romania and Bulgaria from entering the Schengen Area in December 2022 because of worries about unauthorized immigration. However, the “Air Schengen” proposal, put forth by Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner in December of the previous year, outlined four requirements for Romania and Bulgaria’s partial entrance to the Schengen Zone.
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According to a recent UNTRR assessment, the road freight industry has suffered significant losses of €2.41 billion as a result of being excluded from the passport-free travel zone. The land accession, according to UNTRR Secretary-General Radu Dinescu, is crucial for road freight companies, who suffer from inefficiencies brought on by long wait periods.
Coach operators also wish to avoid new duties that entail verifying passenger data in the European Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS), since these can result in additional administrative costs.
Dinescu emphasizes that the general framework and technical conditions for admittance should be in line with the criteria outlined by other EU members for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria.
He points out that Romanian passenger and transport companies have been waiting a long time to join the Schengen Zone; in fact, the move should have happened in 2011 when European organizations verified that Bucharest satisfies all requirements for entry.
Dinescu claims that since air carriers already have access to passenger data, the Schengen Area’s enlargement to encompass Romania’s air borders might have occurred much sooner.
According to the agreement between Romania, Bulgaria, and Austria, Bucharest and Sofia would be able to travel by air and water to the Schengen Area starting in March 2024. This year, discussions about entry through land boundaries are expected to occur.
Vienna has previously prevented Romania and Bulgaria from entering the Schengen Area in December 2022 because of worries about unauthorized immigration. However, the “Air Schengen” proposal, put forth by Austria’s Interior Minister Gerhard Karner in December of the previous year, outlined four requirements for Romania and Bulgaria’s partial entrance to the Schengen Zone.
