3 Amendments of Aldo PATRICIELLO related to 2014/0094(COD)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is necessary to set out rules on the transit through international areas of airports in order to combat irregular immigration. To this end a common list of third countries the nationals of which should be required to hold airport transit visas should be established. Nevertheless, when a Member State experiences a sudden and substantial influx of irregular immigrants, it should be be able to introduce temporarily the airport transit visa requirement for nationals of a given third country. The conditions and procedures for doing so should be laid down, in order to ensure that the application of this measure is limited in time and that in accordance with the principle of proportionality, it does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objective. The scope of the airport transit visa requirement should be limited to responding to the specific situation that prompted the introduction of the measure, not done by a single Member State but in agreement with the rest of the Union.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) (a) Applicants should not be required to present travel medical insurance when lodging an application for a short stay visa because it is an disproportionate burden for visa applicants and there is no evidence that holders of short stay visas present a bigger risk in terms of public medical expenditure in Member States than the visa exempted third country nationals. (b) Applicants should not be required to pay a fee of EUR 60, as laid down in Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009. This provision discriminates against third-country nationals who come from difficult social and economic backgrounds, who are forced to spend most of their money simply to go to the consulate responsible for issuing the visa. The list of the categories of persons exempt from paying visa fees should be extended.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(ga) persons with an average income that is lower than the poverty threshold in their country of origin.