The EU’s highest court has ruled that the European Council was correct not to allow the UK and Ireland to adopt new Schengen agreement regulations establishing standards for security features and biometrics in passports. The Court of Justice said the UK and Ireland can only adopt new measures related to the agreement in areas where the two countries are already authorised to do so. The UK and Ireland are not bound by the Schengen agreement, by which member states agreed to gradually remove controls at their common borders and introduce freedom of movement.

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