The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union#PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS#TITLE V - AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE#CHAPTER 2 - POLICIES ON BORDER CHECKS, ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION#Article 77 (ex Article 62 TEC)

7.6.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 202/75 Article 77 (ex Article 62 TEC) 1. The Union shall develop a policy with a view to: (a) ensuring the absence of any controls on persons, whatever their nationality, when crossing internal borders; (b) carrying out checks on persons and efficient monitoring of the crossing of external borders; (c) the gradual introduction of an integrated