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1 EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL BORDERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF

Romania 611 km Vidin RDBP ROUSSE.

Republic of Serbia 364 km RDBP AIRPORTS Sofia, Varna, Bourgas, Varna CDBP Plovdiv, Oriahovitsa

RDBP BOURGAS RDBP DRAGOMAN Sofia Black sea RDBP ELHOVO GP 106 412 km Bourgas RDBP KJUSTENDIL

FYROM GP 1 178 km RDBP SMOLJAN GP 21 Republic of 271 km GP 1 Helenic Republic 531 km 2 NATIONAL COORDINATION MECHANISM

Coordination team CHAIRMAN MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR

COORDINATION INTERAGENCY GROUP WORKING GROUP 2 CHAIRPERSONS GERMAN ADVISOR OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR 8 Target groups BORDERS VISAS, CONSULAR COOPERATION, N.VIS POLICE COOPERATION JUDICIAL COOPERATION SIS PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION DRUGS INFRASTRUCTURE

¾ NATIONAL SCHENGEN ACTION PLAN 2010 ¾NATIONAL STRATEGY ON INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT- FOUR TIERS OF MANAGEMENT 3 FINANCING THE PREPARATION FOR THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHENGEN ACQUIS

™ EU FINANCING • TRANSITIONAL FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT – 7 153 000

• PHARE PROGRAM – approx. 24 550 000

• SCHENGEN FACILITY – 100% until the end of 2010

• BILATERAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS 9 cars 9 IT equipment 9 helicopters 9 sea patrol vessels 9 river patrol vessels – Danube River

™ NATIONAL FINANCING - 56 MLN. NATIONAL SCHENGEN ACTION PLAN 4 - 30 МLN. PLAN WITH EMERGENCY MEASURES SCHENGEN FACILITY– ABSORBED FUNDS IN % 31.03.2010 CONTRACTED 100 %

% 40% 37% 35,57% 35%

30% 26,00% 25% 20% 129 MIL. € 15% 10%

5% 0% 1,43% 0% 2007 2008 up to after up to 08.2009 08.2009 03.2010

5 CIVIL MONITORING – PARTICIPATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

COOPERATION AGREEMENT RESULTS: 9INTERIM REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS OF BULGARIA TOWARDS SCHENGEN ACCESSION - OCTOBER 2010 AND FEBRUARY 2011

9FINAL REPORT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS IN SPENDING THE SCHENGEN FACILITY FUNDS – FEBRUARY 2011

9June 2011 – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Perspectives for the Schengen Membership of Bulgaria and Romania

The conference presented the results of the civil monitoring in the process of achieving the readiness of Bulgaria for joining the 6 Schengen area. SCHENGEN INFORMATION SYSTEM –SIRENE BUREAU, BULGARIA Statistics: 6 November 2010 – 29 August 2011 Hits in Bulgaria from alerts entered by Member States

¾ 296 persons wanted for arrest – Art. 95 ¾ 865 searched objects (Motor vehicles) – Art. 100 ¾ 236 searched identity documents – Art. 100 ¾ 75 missing persons - Art. 97 ¾ 1079 participants in criminal proceedings- Art. 98 ¾ 6810 refusals for entering the Schengen area – Art. 96 - not applicable - Member States are notified

Hits in Member States from alerts entered by Bulgaria 129 persons wanted for arrest – Art.95 68 searched objects (Motor vehicles)- Art.100 131 searched identity documents - Art.100 32 missing persons - Art.97 7 participants in criminal proceedings –Art. 98

Discreet surveillance and specific checks– Art. 99

7 680 persons and motor vehicles – 41 from Bulgaria in Member States ТECHNICAL EQUIPMENT

8 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

ТЕТРА network since October 2010 at EU external borders 9 AIR SURVEILANCE FROM THE BASES IN SOFIA AND BEZMER (near the Bulgarian-Turkish border)

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SERBIA SOFIA

BEZMER BLACK SEA BLACK SEA

FYROM

TURKEY

GREECE 10 INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR THE BLACK SEA

Durankulak Sivriburun Shabla Balchik RCC Varna NORTHERN Galata ZONE Kamchia

Bjala

Nesebar SOUTHERN ZONE RCC BOURGAS Bourgas Sozopol LCC Sozopol Tsarevo Resovo

11 11 AUTOMATED SURVEILLANCE OF THE BULGARIAN-TURKISH LAND BORDER RCC

MPTV SPT Relay station S VS Dervishka mogila MPTV S PSGS

SPT PSGS MPTV VS S MPTV S PSGS PIR sensor chain SPT + IR/TV camera (1 km) VS Coordination Centre MPTV PSGS PSGS S ML Relay

SPTVS LCC SPT PSGS State border VS Wideband Link MiniLink 12 12 WiMAX TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE IN HIGH RISK ZONES

BULGARIA

Lesovo

Matochina

Mihalich

BPS BPS

Krasta

K. Andreevo TURKEY

GREECE 13 TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE IN HIGH RISK ZONES

Map of the system for technical observation of the state border in the zone of responsibility for BPD-

14 15 JOINT CONTACT CENTRES

Kalotina - Rousse - Giurgiu Joint Contact Joint Contact Centre Centre

Partnership with the Joint Centre in Goh

Partnership with the Joint Centre in Goh

Giueshevo Joint Contact Centre

Kulata - Promahon Joint Contact Centre

Black Sea Trilateral Centre Border Coordination Bulgaria -Greece – and Information Turkey Center

16 COOPERATION WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

9AGREEMENTS WITH ROMANIA (2009) AND GREECE (2010) FOR TRANSBORDER POLICE COOPERATION

¾TRANSBORDER SURVEILLANCE AND PURSUIT – ART. 40, 41 OF THE CONVENTION IMPLEMENTING THE SCHENGEN AGREEMENT

9 BILATERAL AND TRILATERAL AGREEMENTS

¾ with EU Member States

¾ with third countries

¾ including with neighboring countries

17 JOINT PATROLS

18 STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CDBP

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF DIRECTORATE BORDER POLICE SOFIA 1202, 46 Maria Louisa blvd, phone.: 982 50 00, fax: 988 58 67, e-mail: [email protected]

Ref. № 5719/08.02.2011 APPROVED

STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BORDER POLICE AFTER THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA TO THE SCHENGEN AREA

19 EXPECTED MIGRATORY PRESSURE AFTER THE ACCESSION OF BULGARIA TO THE SCHENGEN AREA

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20 Third country nationals detained at entry at the state border divided into nationalities (top 5) for 2010 and for the period 01.01-01.06.2011

21 STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS FOR MIGRATORY PRESSURE

“SPECIAL PACKAGE” NATIONAL STRATEGY ON of accompanying measures for overcoming MIGRATION, ASYLUM AND measures for overcoming possible influx of migrants INTEGRATION

(2011-2020) ACTION PLANS

National Plan MoI Plan

22 COOPERATION WITH FRONTEX

Participation of Chief Directorate “Border Police” in joint operations, courses and EU projects under Frontex Agency, carried out both on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and the EU Member States, including:

JOINT BORDER POLICE OPERATIONS AT THE EXTERNAL EU BORDERS: Joint operation “Poseidon 2011 – land borders” at the Bulgarian- Turkish border (April-October 2011) Joint operation “Poseidon 2010 – land borders” Joint operation “Focal points 2010 – land borders” Joint operation “Jupiter 2010” Joint operation “Neptune 2010” Joint operation “Rabit 2010” ELABORATION OF MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING MATERIALS, INCLUDING: “Automated Border Control Systems, based on electronic passports” ; False documents detection; Training for Schengen evaluation; Detection of illegally taken motor vehicle; Standards for Border police online training; Training of air-born crews etc; 23 The Bulgarian Way to Schengen

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