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Procedure : 2006/0022(CNS)
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Document selected : A6-0431/2006

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A6-0431/2006

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PV 14/12/2006 - 6.32
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P6_TA(2006)0600

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Thursday, 14 December 2006 - Strasbourg
Visas for crossing Member States' external borders *
P6_TA(2006)0600A6-0431/2006

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (COM(2006)0084 – C6-0256/2006 – 2006/0022(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Commission proposal (COM(2006)0084)(1),

–   having regard to Article 62(2)(b)(i) of the EC Treaty,

–   having regard to Article 67 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0256/2006),

–   having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0431/2006),

1.  Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.  Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

3.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.  Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

5.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

Text proposed by the Commission   Amendments by Parliament
Amendment 1
RECITAL 3
(3)  Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Seychelles must be transferred to Annex II. Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of those countries should not come into force before a bilateral agreement on exemption from the visa requirement between the European Community and the country in question has been concluded.
(3)  Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Seychelles must be transferred to Annex II. Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of those countries should not come into force before a bilateral agreement on exemption from the visa requirement between the European Community and the country in question has been concluded. When Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 is next reviewed, the case of other small island states should be examined.
Amendment 2
RECITAL 6
(6)  The Member States may exempt from the visa requirement recognised refugees and stateless persons residing in a third country listed in Annex II and school pupils travelling on school excursions who reside in one of those countries. A full exemption from the visa requirement should be introduced for these two categories of person if they reside in a Member States.
(6)  The Member States may exempt from the visa requirement recognised refugees, all stateless persons, both those falling within the scope of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and those falling outside its scope, and school pupils travelling on school excursions who reside in a third country listed in Annex II. A full exemption from the visa requirement already exists for these three categories of persons residing within the Schengen area when they re-enter that area. A general exemption should be introduced for persons in those categories residing in a Member State which has not or not yet joined the Schengen area, as far as their re-entry into the territory of any other Member State bound by the Schengen acquis is concerned.
Amendment 3
ARTICLE 1, POINT 1, POINT (B)
Article 1, paragraph 2, subparagraph 1 a, indent 3 (Regulation (EC) No 539/2001)
– recognised refugees and stateless persons who reside in a Member State and are holders of a travel document issued by that Member State.
– recognised refugees, stateless persons and other persons who are nationals of no country who reside in a Member State and are holders of an alien's passport, a non-citizen's passport or another travel document issued by that Member State;
– third-country nationals who hold a long-term residence permit in accordance with Article 8 of Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents1.
1 OJ L 16, 23.1.2004, p. 44.
Amendment 4
ARTICLE 1, POINT 2, POINT (A)
Article 4, paragraph 1, point (a) (Regulation (EC) No 539/2001)
(a) holders of diplomatic passports, service/official passports or special passports in accordance with one of the procedures laid down in Articles 1(1) and 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 789/2001;
(a) holders of diplomatic passports or service/official passports in accordance with one of the procedures laid down in Articles 1(1) and 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 789/2001;
Amendment 5
ARTICLE 1, POINT 3, POINT (C)
Annex I, point 3 (Regulation (EC) No 539/2001)
3)  BRITISH CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT NATIONALS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMUNITY LAW:
3)  BRITISH CITIZENS WHO ARE NOT NATIONALS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMMUNITY LAW:
British Overseas Territories Citizens
British Overseas Territories Citizens who do not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom
British Overseas Citizens
British Overseas Citizens
British Subjects
British Subjects who do not have the right of abode in the United Kingdom
British Protected Persons;
British Protected Persons;

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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