For så vidt angår Island og Norge udgør denne forordning en udbygning af bestemmelserne i Schengen-reglerne i overensstemmelse med den aftale, som Rådet for Den Europæiske Union har indgået med Republikken Island og Kongeriget Norge om disse to staters associering i gennemførelsen, anvendelsen og udviklingen af Schengen-reglerne [3], der falder ind under artikel 1, litra B, i Rådets afgørelse 1999/437/EF [4] om visse gennemførelsesbestemmelser til nævnte aftale.
As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis, within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two States with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis [3], which fall within the area referred to in Article 1(B) of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement [4].