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The final decision is expected at a meeting of EU interior ministers on 12 December. </p> <p> Border controls with Romania will be maintained for six months, but not in their current form. The border police will not check everyone crossing the border but will instead check travellers based on a risk analysis. </p> <p> No controls will be introduced at the border with Greece. Instead, "compensatory measures" will be introduced, which will consist of deploying Bulgarian-Greek border patrols to check suspicious people, the Interior Ministry said. "So as not to give the impression that anyone can enter Bulgaria without being checked," he said. </p> <p> "The tasks of border police will become more difficult after the country's accession to Schengen," said Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov. </p> <p> The interior minister explained that officers will still have to carry out checks, but they will have to do so inconspicuously and without hindering people's free movement. This will be done based on operational data and information from partner services. </p> <p> Bulgaria's accession to Schengen will also mean no more queues of lorries at the border from the beginning of next year. Currently, the Bulgarian economy loses €650 million a year due to delays at the borders with Greece and Romania because of Schengen. </p> <p> This has benefited many dubious companies that have set up buffer car parks on the borders with Romania and Turkey, charging trucks huge fees without giving them the option of using the services of private car parks, causing a wave of discontent among transport companies from Bulgaria's neighbouring countries. </p> <p> After Bulgaria accedes to Schengen, private buffer parking along the border with Romania will not be an unavoidable factor, but the government will have to take measures to address the problem along the border with Turkey. </p> <p> (Krassen Nikolov | Euractiv.bg) </p> </div> <div class="ea-article-footer"> <div class="ea-article-meta clearfix"> <p class="ea-language-switcher">Languages: <a 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