Judgment_paragraph 30 · Criminal proceedings against A (C-9/16)

30It should be recalled, as a preliminary step, that Article 67(2) TFEU, which falls within Title V of the FEU Treaty concerning the area of freedom, security and justice, provides that the Union is to ensure the absence of internal border controls for persons. Article 77(1)(a) TFEU states that the Union is to develop a policy with a view to ensuring the absence of any controls on persons, whatever their nationality, when crossing internal borders (judgment of 19 July 2012, Adil, C‑278/12 PPU, EU:C:2012:508, paragraph 48)..