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2009/0017(CNS) EC/Saint Kitts and Nevis agreement: short-stay visa waiver

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead LIBE BUSUTTIL Simon (icon: PPE PPE)
Former Responsible Committee LIBE
Committee Opinion DEVE
Former Committee Opinion DEVE
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 077-p2, TFEU 218-p6a

Events

2009/12/08
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2009/901/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

CONTENT: by this Decision, the Council approves the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver on behalf of the Community.

The content of this agreement can be summarised as follows:

Purpose: this agreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the European Union and for the citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis when travelling to the territory of the other Contracting Party for a maximum period of three months during a six months period.

The citizens of certain Member States are already exempt from the visa obligation by Saint Kitts and Nevis, while those of other Member States are still under the visa requirement. A provision has been included in the Agreement stating that Saint Kitts and Nevis may suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all the Member States of the European Community and, reciprocally, the Community may also suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all of its Member States.

Scope: the visa waiver covers all categories of persons (ordinary, diplomatic or service/official passport holders) travelling for all kinds of purposes, except for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. For this latter category, each Member State and also Saint Kitts and Never remain free to impose the visa requirement on the citizens of the other Party in accordance with the applicable Community or national law. In order to ensure harmonised implementation, a joint declaration is attached to the Agreement on the interpretation of the category of persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity.

Duration of stay : the agreement takes into account the situation of the Member States that do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full. As long as they are not part of the Schengen area without internal borders, the visa waiver confers a right for the nationals of the Saint Kitts and Nevis to stay for three months on the territory of each of those Member States (Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania), independently of the period calculated for the whole Schengen area.

Territorial application : in the case of France and the Netherlands, the visa waiver would entitle nationals of the six countries to stay only in those Member States’ European territories. The UK and Ireland are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application.

It should be noted that this Agreement, signed on behalf of the Community on 28 May 2009, has been provisionally applied since that date subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2009/480/EC .

ENTRY INTO FORCE: the Agreement enters into force when all the necessary formalities have been completed.

2009/11/30
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2009/11/30
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2009/11/30
   CSL - Council Meeting
2009/10/20
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2009/10/20
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 603 votes to 28 with 33 abstentions a legislative resolution approving unamended, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

Documents
2009/10/19
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2009/10/02
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2009/10/02
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2009/09/30
   EP - Vote in committee
Details

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the report by Simon BUSUTTIL (EPP, MT) approving unamended, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

2009/09/29
   EP - BUSUTTIL Simon (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2009/09/15
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2009/07/14
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2009/04/06
   CSL - Council Meeting
2009/02/12
   EC - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to sign, provisionally apply and conclude the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: Council Regulation (EC) No 1932/2006 amended Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of the European Union (negative list), and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (positive list) by - inter alia - transferring six third countries from the negative to the positive list. These are Antigua and Barbuda , the Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the Seychelles . The Regulation also points out that the exemptions from the visa requirement for nationals of these countries should not come into force before a bilateral visa waiver agreement between the European Community and the countries in question has been concluded and entered into force. This Regulation was adopted on 21 December 2006 and entered into force in January 2007.

In the meantime, as from 15 January 2007, the CARICOM countries introduced a special visa regime for the nationals of several EU Member States (EU nationals were treated unequally as the citizens of the other Member States remained exempted from the visa obligation) due to the Cricket World Cup 2007 taking place in the Caribbean Community. The introduction of this visa requirement despite the favourable provisions of the new Community Regulation led to the postponement of the preparation of the draft mandates for negotiations with these third countries on the visa waiver.

Having regard to the expiry of the temporary visa regime on 15 May 2007, the Council authorised the Commission, on 5 June 2008, to negotiate an agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver. Negotiations on the agreement were opened on 15 July 2008 and concluded on 16 October 2008. Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement initialled in Brussels on 12 November 2008, should be signed.

CONTENT: the Commission considers that the objectives set by the Council in its negotiating directives were attained and that the draft visa waiver agreement is acceptable to the Community. It therefore proposes that the Council:

decide that the Agreement be signed on behalf of the Community and authorise the President of the Council to appoint the person(s) duly empowered to sign on behalf of the Community; approve the provisional application of the Agreement pending its entry into force; approve the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

The final content of this agreement can be summarised as follows:

Purpose : this agreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the European Union and for the citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis when travelling to the territory of the other Contracting Party for a maximum period of three months during a six months period.

The citizens of certain Member States are already exempt from the visa obligation by Saint Kitts and Nevis, while those of other Member States are still under the visa requirement. A provision has been included in the Agreement stating that Saint Kitts and Nevis may suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all the Member States of the European Community and, reciprocally, the Community may also suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all of its Member States. The specific situation of the United Kingdom and Ireland is reflected in the preamble.

Scope : the visa waiver covers all categories of persons (ordinary, diplomatic or service/official passport holders) travelling for all kinds of purposes, except for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. For this latter category, each Member State and also Saint Kitts and Nevis remains free to impose the visa requirement on the citizens of the other Party in accordance with the applicable Community or national law. In order to ensure harmonised implementation, a joint declaration is attached to the Agreement on the interpretation of the category of persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity.

Duration of stay : the agreement takes into account the situation of the Member States that do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full. As long as they are not part of the Schengen area without internal borders, the visa waiver confers a right for the nationals of Saint Kitts and Nevis to stay for three months on the territory of each of those Member States (Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania), independently of the period calculated for the whole Schengen area.

Territorial application : in the case of France and the Netherlands, the visa waiver would entitle nationals of the six countries to stay only in those Member States’ European territories.

2009/02/11
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to sign, provisionally apply and conclude the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: Council Regulation (EC) No 1932/2006 amended Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of the European Union (negative list), and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (positive list) by - inter alia - transferring six third countries from the negative to the positive list. These are Antigua and Barbuda , the Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the Seychelles . The Regulation also points out that the exemptions from the visa requirement for nationals of these countries should not come into force before a bilateral visa waiver agreement between the European Community and the countries in question has been concluded and entered into force. This Regulation was adopted on 21 December 2006 and entered into force in January 2007.

In the meantime, as from 15 January 2007, the CARICOM countries introduced a special visa regime for the nationals of several EU Member States (EU nationals were treated unequally as the citizens of the other Member States remained exempted from the visa obligation) due to the Cricket World Cup 2007 taking place in the Caribbean Community. The introduction of this visa requirement despite the favourable provisions of the new Community Regulation led to the postponement of the preparation of the draft mandates for negotiations with these third countries on the visa waiver.

Having regard to the expiry of the temporary visa regime on 15 May 2007, the Council authorised the Commission, on 5 June 2008, to negotiate an agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver. Negotiations on the agreement were opened on 15 July 2008 and concluded on 16 October 2008. Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement initialled in Brussels on 12 November 2008, should be signed.

CONTENT: the Commission considers that the objectives set by the Council in its negotiating directives were attained and that the draft visa waiver agreement is acceptable to the Community. It therefore proposes that the Council:

decide that the Agreement be signed on behalf of the Community and authorise the President of the Council to appoint the person(s) duly empowered to sign on behalf of the Community; approve the provisional application of the Agreement pending its entry into force; approve the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.

The final content of this agreement can be summarised as follows:

Purpose : this agreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the European Union and for the citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis when travelling to the territory of the other Contracting Party for a maximum period of three months during a six months period.

The citizens of certain Member States are already exempt from the visa obligation by Saint Kitts and Nevis, while those of other Member States are still under the visa requirement. A provision has been included in the Agreement stating that Saint Kitts and Nevis may suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all the Member States of the European Community and, reciprocally, the Community may also suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all of its Member States. The specific situation of the United Kingdom and Ireland is reflected in the preamble.

Scope : the visa waiver covers all categories of persons (ordinary, diplomatic or service/official passport holders) travelling for all kinds of purposes, except for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. For this latter category, each Member State and also Saint Kitts and Nevis remains free to impose the visa requirement on the citizens of the other Party in accordance with the applicable Community or national law. In order to ensure harmonised implementation, a joint declaration is attached to the Agreement on the interpretation of the category of persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity.

Duration of stay : the agreement takes into account the situation of the Member States that do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full. As long as they are not part of the Schengen area without internal borders, the visa waiver confers a right for the nationals of Saint Kitts and Nevis to stay for three months on the territory of each of those Member States (Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania), independently of the period calculated for the whole Schengen area.

Territorial application : in the case of France and the Netherlands, the visa waiver would entitle nationals of the six countries to stay only in those Member States’ European territories.

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These are Antigua and Barbuda , the Bahamas, Barbados, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the Seychelles . The Regulation also points out that the exemptions from the visa requirement for nationals of these countries should not come into force before a bilateral visa waiver agreement between the European Community and the countries in question has been concluded and entered into force. This Regulation was adopted on 21 December 2006 and entered into force in January 2007. In the meantime, as from 15 January 2007, the CARICOM countries introduced a special visa regime for the nationals of several EU Member States (EU nationals were treated unequally as the citizens of the other Member States remained exempted from the visa obligation) due to the Cricket World Cup 2007 taking place in the Caribbean Community. The introduction of this visa requirement despite the favourable provisions of the new Community Regulation led to the postponement of the preparation of the draft mandates for negotiations with these third countries on the visa waiver. Having regard to the expiry of the temporary visa regime on 15 May 2007, the Council authorised the Commission, on 5 June 2008, to negotiate an agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver. Negotiations on the agreement were opened on 15 July 2008 and concluded on 16 October 2008. Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Agreement initialled in Brussels on 12 November 2008, should be signed. CONTENT: the Commission considers that the objectives set by the Council in its negotiating directives were attained and that the draft visa waiver agreement is acceptable to the Community. It therefore proposes that the Council: decide that the Agreement be signed on behalf of the Community and authorise the President of the Council to appoint the person(s) duly empowered to sign on behalf of the Community; approve the provisional application of the Agreement pending its entry into force; approve the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver. The final content of this agreement can be summarised as follows: Purpose : this agreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the European Union and for the citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis when travelling to the territory of the other Contracting Party for a maximum period of three months during a six months period. The citizens of certain Member States are already exempt from the visa obligation by Saint Kitts and Nevis, while those of other Member States are still under the visa requirement. A provision has been included in the Agreement stating that Saint Kitts and Nevis may suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all the Member States of the European Community and, reciprocally, the Community may also suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all of its Member States. The specific situation of the United Kingdom and Ireland is reflected in the preamble. Scope : the visa waiver covers all categories of persons (ordinary, diplomatic or service/official passport holders) travelling for all kinds of purposes, except for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. For this latter category, each Member State and also Saint Kitts and Nevis remains free to impose the visa requirement on the citizens of the other Party in accordance with the applicable Community or national law. In order to ensure harmonised implementation, a joint declaration is attached to the Agreement on the interpretation of the category of persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. Duration of stay : the agreement takes into account the situation of the Member States that do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full. As long as they are not part of the Schengen area without internal borders, the visa waiver confers a right for the nationals of Saint Kitts and Nevis to stay for three months on the territory of each of those Member States (Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania), independently of the period calculated for the whole Schengen area. Territorial application : in the case of France and the Netherlands, the visa waiver would entitle nationals of the six countries to stay only in those Member States’ European territories.
        • date: 2009-07-14T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
        • date: 2009-09-30T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the report by Simon BUSUTTIL (EPP, MT) approving unamended, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.
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        • date: 2009-10-19T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20091019&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
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        • date: 2009-10-20T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2009-45 title: T7-0045/2009 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 603 votes to 28 with 33 abstentions a legislative resolution approving unamended, under the consultation procedure, the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver.
        • date: 2009-11-30T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL
        • date: 2009-11-30T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
        • date: 2009-12-08T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2009/901/EC on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver. CONTENT: by this Decision, the Council approves the Agreement between the European Community and Saint Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver on behalf of the Community. The content of this agreement can be summarised as follows: Purpose: this agreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the European Union and for the citizens of Saint Kitts and Nevis when travelling to the territory of the other Contracting Party for a maximum period of three months during a six months period. The citizens of certain Member States are already exempt from the visa obligation by Saint Kitts and Nevis, while those of other Member States are still under the visa requirement. A provision has been included in the Agreement stating that Saint Kitts and Nevis may suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all the Member States of the European Community and, reciprocally, the Community may also suspend or terminate the Agreement only in respect of all of its Member States. Scope: the visa waiver covers all categories of persons (ordinary, diplomatic or service/official passport holders) travelling for all kinds of purposes, except for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. For this latter category, each Member State and also Saint Kitts and Never remain free to impose the visa requirement on the citizens of the other Party in accordance with the applicable Community or national law. In order to ensure harmonised implementation, a joint declaration is attached to the Agreement on the interpretation of the category of persons travelling for the purpose of carrying out a paid activity. Duration of stay : the agreement takes into account the situation of the Member States that do not yet apply the Schengen acquis in full. As long as they are not part of the Schengen area without internal borders, the visa waiver confers a right for the nationals of the Saint Kitts and Nevis to stay for three months on the territory of each of those Member States (Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania), independently of the period calculated for the whole Schengen area. Territorial application : in the case of France and the Netherlands, the visa waiver would entitle nationals of the six countries to stay only in those Member States’ European territories. The UK and Ireland are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and are not bound by it or subject to its application. It should be noted that this Agreement, signed on behalf of the Community on 28 May 2009, has been provisionally applied since that date subject to its conclusion at a later date, in accordance with Council Decision 2009/480/EC . ENTRY INTO FORCE: the Agreement enters into force when all the necessary formalities have been completed. docs: title: Decision 2009/901 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32009D0901 title: OJ L 321 08.12.2009, p. 0043 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2009:321:TOC
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        • date: 2009-02-12T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2009/0053/COM_COM(2009)0053_EN.pdf celexid: CELEX:52009PC0053(02):EN type: Legislative proposal published title: COM(2009)0053 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/ title: Justice Commissioner: BARROT Jacques
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