2 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2014/0095(COD)
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State competent for examining and deciding on an application for a touring visa shall be the Member State whose external border the applicant intends to cross in order to enter the territory of the Member States or the first Member State in which he or she is to work.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. Consulates may waive the requirement to present one or more supporting documents if the applicants work for or are invited by a reliable company, organisation or institution known to, and if the consulate, in particular at managerial level, or as a researcher, student, artist, culture professional, sportsman or a staff member with specialist knowledge, experience and technical expertise and if adequate proof is submitted to the consulate in this regard receives adequate proof in this regard in the form of a valid work contract or a letter of invitation. The requirement may also be waived for those applicants’ close family members, including the spouse, children under the age of 18 and parents of a child under the age of 18, in case they intend to travel together.