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Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (revision of the suspension mechanism) PDF (588 KB) DOC (331 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0142(COD)
Documents: PDF(588 KB) DOC(331 KB)

Amendments (8)

Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The mechanism for the temporary suspension of the exemption from the visa requirement for the nationals of a third country listed in Annex II of that regulation ("the suspension mechanism") should be strengthened by making it easier for Member States to notify circumstances leading to a possible suspension and by enabling the Commission to trigger the mechanism on its own initiative.deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In particular, the use of the mechanism should be facilitated by shortening reference periods and deadlines allowing for a faster procedure and by extending the possible grounds of suspension, which should include a substantial increase in the number of rejected readmission applications for third-country nationals having transited through the third country concerned, where a readmission agreement concluded between the Union or a Member State and that third country provides for such a readmission obligation. The Commission should also be able to trigger the mechanism in case the third country fails to cooperate on readmission, in particular where a readmission agreement has been concluded between the third country concerned and the Union.deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 1
(1) in paragraph 1 the following is deleted: ‘in emergency situations, as a last resort,’is replaced by the following: “1. By way of derogation from Article 1(2), the exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of a third country listed in Annex II shall be temporarily suspended in emergency situations, which have a serious negative impact on the overall migratory situation in the Union, as a last resort, in accordance with this Article.”
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
“2. A Member State may notify the Commission if it is confronted, over a twosix- month period, in comparison with the same period in the previous year or with the last twosix months prior to the implementation of the exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of a third country listed in Annex II, with one or more of the following circumstances which it is unable to remedy on its own, namely:”
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a substantial increase in the number of asylum applications from the nationals of that third country for which the recognition rate is low;deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a substantial increase in the number of rejected readmission applications submitted by the Member State to that third country for its own nationals or, where a readmission agreement concluded between the Union or that Member State and that third country provides for such obligation, for third country nationals having transited through that third country.
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 a (new)
“2a. Where the Commission has concrete and reliable information of circumstances referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 2, or that the third country is not cooperating on readmission, in particular where a readmission agreement has been concluded between that third country and the Union, for instance: - readmission applications, - documents for the purposes of return within deadlines specified in the agreement or not accepting European travel documents issued following the lapse of deadlines specified in the agreement, - the agreement, the Commission may, on its own initiative, inform the European Parliament and the Council. This information shall be equivalent to a notification made pursuant to paragraph 2.”deleted by rejecting or not replying to by failing to issue travel or by terminating or suspending
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 4
(5) in paragraph 4, "three months" is replaced by "one month".deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE