12 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2016/0357A(COD)
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The ETIAS should apply to third country nationals who are exempt from the requirement of being in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders, except visa-exempt nationals of the candidate and potential candidate countries for membership in the European Union.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) ETIAS should contribute to the facilitation of border checks performed by border guards at the external borders crossing points and ensure a coordinated and harmonised assessment of third country nationals subject to the travel authorisation requirement intending at visiting the Schengen areaEuropean Union. In addition it should enable to better inform applicants of their eligibility to visit the Schengen areaEuropean Union. Moreover, the ETIAS should also contribute to the facilitation of border checks by reducing the number of refusals of entry at the external borders.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The comparison should take place by automated means. Whenever such comparison reveals that a correspondence (a 'hit') exists with any of the personal data or combination thereof in the applications and a record, file or alert in the above information systems, or with personal data in the ETIAS watchlist, or with risk indicators, the application should be processed manually by an operator in the ETIAS National Unit of the responsible Member State of declared first entry. The assessment performed by the ETIAS National Unit should lead to the decision to issue or not the travel authorisation.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Issued travel authorisations should be annulled or revoked as soon as it becomes evident that the conditions for issuing it were not or are no longer met. In particular, when a new SIS alert is created for a refusal of entry or for a reported lost or stolen travel document, the SIS should inform the ETIAS which should verify whether this new alert corresponds to a valid travel authorisation. In such a case, the ETIAS National Unit of the Member State having created the alert should be immediately informed and revoke the travel authorisation. Following a similar approach, new elements introduced in the ETIAS watchlist shall be compared with the application files stored in the ETIAS in order to verify whether this new element corresponds to a valid travel authorisation. In such a case, the ETIAS National Unit of the responsible Member State of first entry should assess the hit and, where necessary, revoke the travel authorisation. A possibility to revoke the travel authorisation at the request of the applicant should also be provided.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) nationals of Andorra, Monaco and San Marino and holders of a passport issued by the Vatican State;, as well as nationals of the candidate and potential candidate countries for membership in the European Union who are exempt from the requirement of being in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) Member State of first intended entrydestination;
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The travel authorisation fee shall be waived for children under eighteen years18 years and elderly persons aged 65 years and above.
Amendment 834 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. New elements introduced by Europol in the ETIAS watchlist shall be compared to the data of the application files in the ETIAS Central System. Where the comparison results in a hit, the ETIAS National Unit of the responsible Member State of first entry as declared by the applicant in accordance with Article 15(2)(j22(1) shall assess the security risk and, where it concludes that the conditions for granting are no longer met, it shall revoke the travel authorisation.
Amendment 890 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 3
Article 42 – paragraph 3
3. In both scenarios, the Member State's competent authorities for carrying out checks at external border crossing points shall follow their nproceed with border checks without the obligational to contingency planssult the ETIAS Central System referred to in Article 41(1).
Amendment 1035 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1
Article 72 – paragraph 1
1. For a period of sixtwelve months from the date ETIAS commences operations, the utilisation of ETIAS shall be optional and the requirement to be in possession of a valid travel authorisation shall not apply. The Commission may adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 78 to extend that period for a maximum of a further sixtwelve months.
Amendment 1036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 2
Article 72 – paragraph 2
2. During this sixtwelve month period, the border guards shall inform third country nationals subject to the travel authorisation requirement crossing the external borders of the requirement to have a valid travel authorisation from the expiry of the sixtwelve month period. For this purpose, the border guards shall distribute a common leaflet to this category of travellers.