Article 5
1. The adoption of new acts or measures constituting a development of the Schengen acquis shall be reserved to the competent institutions of the European Union ( 3 ) . Subject to paragraph 3, — such acts or measures shall enter into force simultaneously for the European Union and its Member States concerned and for the Associated States, unless those acts or measures explicitly state otherwise, — the acceptance by each Associated State of such acts or measures creates rights and obligations between that Associated State, of the one part, the European Union and those of its Member States bound by those acts and measures, of the other part. 2. The adoption of the acts or measures referred to in paragraph 1 to which the procedures set out in this Arrangement have been applied shall be communicated to the Associated States. The adoption of acts or measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be communicated to the Associated States by the Secretariat-General of the Commission, with reference to this Article, if the adoption of these acts or measures is notified to the Member States. If the adoption of acts or measures referred to in paragraph 1 is not notified to the Member States by the Secretariat-General of the Commission, the adoption of these acts or measures shall be communicated to the Associated States by the Directorate-General of the Commission responsible for the adoption of acts or measures concerned, referring to this Article. 3. Each Associated State shall decide independently whether to accept the content of the acts or measures referred to in paragraph 1 and whether to implement them into its internal legal order. These decisions shall be notified to the Commission within 30 days of the communication by the Commission of the acts or measures concerned. For the acceptance by the Associated States of the acts and measures referred to in paragraph 1 and the consequences for not accepting them, the following provisions shall apply: — Iceland and Norway — Article 8 of the Association Agreement with Iceland and Norway; — Switzerland — Article 7 of the Association Agreement with Switzerland; — Liechtenstein — Article 5 of the Association Protocol with Liechtenstein.