The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the Member States’ overreliance on the rules of the Schengen Borders Code allowing for temporary reintroduction of border control and has questioned the institutional narrative of an EU-wide borderless area as a key achievement of the integration process. This article focuses on the legal implications of the border measures enacted by the Member States following the COVID-19 outbreak and discusses their compatibility with relevant EU law, also in the light of available epidemiological studies on the link between border controls and spread of the virus. The analysis contends that the pandemic has offered an unprecedented opportunity to pave the way to shared solutions to the enduring crisis of the internal dimension of the Schengen area, such as a detailed reform of the Schengen Borders Code and a reconsideration of the current governance of the Schengen area itself.

COVID -19大流行加剧了成员国对允许临时重新引入边境管制的申根边界法规则的过度依赖，并质疑欧盟范围内无边界地区的制度性叙述是一体化进程的关键成就。本文重点介绍了COVID之后成员国颁布的边境措施的法律影响-19 爆发并讨论它们与相关欧盟法律的兼容性，同时还根据关于边境控制与病毒传播之间联系的现有流行病学研究。分析认为，大流行提供了前所未有的机会，可以为共同解决申根地区内部的持久危机铺平道路，例如对申根边界法典进行详细改革和重新考虑目前的治理申根区本身。