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28-582: The mountain pass is located between the Montasio massif in the north and Mt. Kanin in the south, in the Province of Udine near the border with Slovenia . The pass road connects Chiusaforte via the steep Raccolana valley in the southwest with Cave del Predil and Tarvisio in the north. Sella Nevea is part of a European Watershed dividing the basin of the Tagliamento river, running southwards to

56-615: A cableway will be built that will connect it to the neighbouring Goriška municipality of Bovec , one of the largest winter ski resorts in Slovenia. The cross-border link of the two resorts was completed in December 2009. It is now possible to ski at both resorts. Because both Italy and Slovenia are members of the European Schengen zone, skiers are able to cross the border between Italy and Slovenia freely, effectively merging

84-603: A depth of 603 metres (1,978 ft). The Kanin Mountains are an important identity symbol of the people of the Resia Valley , and several popular songs in the Resian dialect are dedicated to this group, which the locals call Höra ta Ćanïnawa , or simply Ćanen . Schengen Agreement The Schengen Agreement ( English: / ˈ ʃ ɛ ŋ ə n / SHENG -ən , Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] )

112-588: A population of over 400 million people and an area of 4,312,099 square kilometres (1,664,911 sq mi). Originally, the Schengen treaties and the rules adopted under them operated independently from the European Union . However, in 1999 they were incorporated into European Union law by the Amsterdam Treaty , while providing opt-outs for the only two EU member states that had remained outside

140-476: A serious setback after a series of avalanches struck it in March 1975. In 1980, the company that managed the ski runs went bankrupt. In the 1990s, Sella Nevea's ski runs fell under the control of Promotur , a state-owned but independent company, which took charge of all five main regional ski resorts. The Sella Nevea resort suffered from neglect that caused it to lose popularity. Promotur said repeatedly that despite

168-630: Is 2,587 m above sea level. They separate the upper Soča Valley in Slovenia from the Resia Valley in Italy. On the Slovenian side of the mountain range, which is part of the Municipality of Bovec , lies a major ski resort, the highest in the country. Among a number of shafts, Vrtoglavica Cave holds the record for having the deepest single vertical drop ( pitch ) of any cave on earth, at

196-566: Is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area , in which internal border checks have largely been abolished. It was signed on 14 June 1985, near the town of Schengen, Luxembourg , by five of the ten member states of the then European Economic Community . It proposed measures intended to gradually abolish border checks at the signatories' common borders, including reduced-speed vehicle checks which allowed vehicles to cross borders without stopping, allowing residents in border areas freedom to cross borders away from fixed checkpoints, and

224-607: The Adriatic Sea , from the Slizza creek, which originates at Sella Nevea, in the north, which is part of the Danube catchment area. About 10 km (6 mi) north of the pass is the picturesque Lago del Predil , a popular destination for canoeing, wind-surfing, and other water sports. Sella Nevea offers facilities and equipment for winter sports, such as alpine skiing , cross-country skiing snowboarding, and ice skating. In

252-612: The legislative procedure of the EU under EU treaties . Ratification by the former agreement signatory states is not required for altering or repealing some or all of the former Schengen acquis . Legal acts setting out the conditions for entry into the Schengen Area are now made by majority vote in the EU's legislative bodies. New EU member states do not sign the Schengen Agreement as such, instead being bound to implement

280-572: The 1930s, while the present-day Sella Nevea ski resort and hotel village started about 1965, when by resolution of the Chiusaforte municipal council plans for the first ski runs were developed. Considered as "snow-reliable", the area was projected to be a heaven for winter sports, including cable transport to the Celso Gilberti mountain hut at Mt. Kanin, several surface lifts and a hotel complex. However, Sella Nevea's development suffered

308-674: The Agreement was supplemented by the Schengen Convention which proposed the abolition of internal border controls and a common visa policy . It was this Convention that created the Schengen Area through the complete abolition of border controls between Schengen member states, common rules on visas, and police and judicial cooperation. The Schengen Agreement and its implementing Convention were enacted in 1995 only for some signatories, but just over two years later during

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336-681: The Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference, all European Union member states except the United Kingdom and Ireland had signed the Agreement. It was during those negotiations, which led to the Amsterdam Treaty , that the incorporation of the Schengen acquis into the main body of European Union law was agreed along with opt-outs for Ireland and the United Kingdom (which subsequently withdrew from

364-481: The Area: Ireland and the United Kingdom (which subsequently withdrew from the EU in 2020). Schengen is now a core part of EU law, and all EU member states without an opt-out which have not already joined the Schengen Area are legally obliged to do so when technical requirements have been met. Several non-EU countries are included in the area through special association agreements. Free movement of people

392-421: The EU in 2020), which were to remain outside of the Schengen Area. In December 1996 two non-EU member states, Norway and Iceland , signed an association agreement with the signatories of the Agreement to become part of the Schengen Area. While this agreement never came into force, both countries did become part of the Schengen Area after concluding similar agreements with the EU. The Schengen Convention itself

420-570: The Italian front line during the Battle of Caporetto , they also rolled over the top of the pass, nevertheless, they again moved out of the area after the Austrian defeat at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto one year later. By the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain , the area of Cave del Predil ( Raibl ) and Tarvisio ( Tarvis ) north of the pass also fell to Italy. The beginning of the ski area date back to

448-415: The Schengen rules as part of the pre-existing body of EU law, which every new entrant is required to accept. This situation means that non-EU Schengen member states have few formally binding options to influence the shaping and evolution of Schengen rules; their options are effectively reduced to agreeing or withdrawing from the agreement. However, consultations with affected countries are conducted prior to

476-754: The Sella Nevea and Bovec ski resorts into one large ski resort covering both sides of the Kanin mountain. Kanin (mountain) The Kanin Mountains or the Canin Mountains ( Resian : Ćanen , Friulian : Mont Cjanine ), mostly simply Kanin or Canin , are a mountain range in the Western Julian Alps , on the border of Slovenia and Italy . Their highest summit, High Kanin ( Slovene : Visoki Kanin , Italian : Monte Canin Alto )

504-628: The abolition of border controls within the Community, but in 1985 five of the then ten member states – Belgium, France , Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany – signed an agreement on the gradual abolition of common border controls. The agreement was signed on the Princess Marie-Astrid boat on the river Moselle near the town of Schengen, Luxembourg, where the territories of France, Germany and Luxembourg meet. Three of

532-750: The adoption of particular new legislation. In 2016, border controls were temporarily reintroduced in seven Schengen countries (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, and Sweden) in response to the European migrant crisis . Portugal reintroduced checks several times along its border with Spain, during the UEFA Euro 2004 championships and when Portugal hosted the NATO 2010 Lisbon summit . Portugal also reintroduced border checks from 10 May 2017 to 14 May 2017, during Pope Francis 's visit to Fátima, Portugal . Border controls were reintroduced throughout

560-593: The area during the COVID-19 pandemic . On 8 December 2022 the Justice and Home Affairs Council voted to admit Croatia to the Schengen Area, but rejected Bulgaria and Romania. Austria and the Netherlands voted against the inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania, with Austria claiming that there had been a rapid increase in the number of migrants using the West Balkan route to enter the EU illegally. On 30 December 2023

588-489: The harmonisation of visa policies. In 1990, the Agreement was supplemented by the Schengen Convention which proposed the complete abolition of systematic internal border controls and a common visa policy . The Schengen Area operates very much like a single state for international travel purposes with external border controls for travellers entering and exiting the area, and common visas, but with no internal border controls. It currently consists of 29 European countries covering

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616-433: The idea did not wish to wait for others (at this time there was no enhanced co-operation mechanism). The Agreement provided for harmonisation of visa policies, allowing residents in border areas the freedom to cross borders away from fixed checkpoints, the replacement of passport checks with visual surveillance of vehicles at reduced speed, and vehicle checks that allowed vehicles to cross borders without stopping. In 1990,

644-632: The newly established Kingdom of Italy upon the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866. The remote border region remained an agricultural area. In the late 19th century, the mountaineer Julius Kugy (1858–1944) described it as a "forest paradise". In World War I , however, the Italian Front ran along Sella Nevea, while the bloody Battles of the Isonzo raged nearby. When in late 1917 Austro-Hungarian forces were able to break into

672-523: The potential of the location, nothing further have been done to arrest its decline. In 2001, preventive measures against avalanches were finally completed. While Sella Nevea was excluded from the 2003 Winter Universiade in Tarvisio, the location grew in popularity as a ski racing training camp. It acquired a reputation for uncrowded slopes. In 2005, it was announced that Sella Nevea will receive substantial funds to replace outdated ski equipment, and that

700-547: The signatories, Belgium , Luxembourg , and the Netherlands , had already abolished common border controls as part of the Benelux Economic Union . The Schengen Agreement was signed independently of the European Union , in part owing to the lack of consensus amongst EU member states over whether or not the EU had the jurisdiction to abolish border controls, and in part because those ready to implement

728-652: The summer, the location is used as a base for mountain trekking and rock climbing. For centuries, the Sella Nevea mountain pass marked the border between the Domini di Terraferma territories of the Republic of Venice and the Imperial Duchy of Carinthia in the north. Incorporated into the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia from 1815, the former Venetian territory in the south finally became part of

756-500: Was a core part of the original Treaty of Rome and, from the early days of the European Economic Community , nationals of EEC member states could travel freely from one member state to another on production of their passports or national identity cards . However, systematic identity controls were still in place at the border between most member states. Disagreement between member states led to an impasse on

784-429: Was not open for signature by non-EU member states. In 2009, Switzerland finalised its official entry to the Schengen Area with the acceptance of an association agreement by popular referendum in 2005. Now that the Schengen Agreement is part of the acquis communautaire , it has, for EU members, lost the status of a treaty, which could only be amended according to its terms. Instead, amendments are made according to

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