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PURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the Union,\nthe Agreement between the European Union and Brazil amending the\nAgreement between the European Union and Brazil on short-stay visa\nwaiver for holders of ordinary passports.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may\nadopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the\nact.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation\n(EU) No 610/2013 amended the Convention implementing the\nSchengen Agreement (CISA), Regulation\n(EC) No 562/2006 (Schengen Borders Code) and Regulation\n(EC) No 810/2009 (the Visa Code). In so doing, it has\nredefined the term of short-stay for\nthird-country nationals in the Schengen area.
\nAs from 18 October 2013, for third-country\nnationals irrespective of being visa required or exempt\n who intend to travel to the Schengen area for a short-stay,\nthe maximum duration of authorised stay is defined as '90 days in\nany 180-day period'.
\nThe agreement between the Union\nand Brazil on the short-stay visa waiver should incorporate this\nnew definition.
\nWith a view to implementing the new definition\nof short stay provided for in the amendment to the Schengen Borders\nCode, the Commission adopted on 16 July 2014 a recommendation for a\nCouncil Decision authorising negotiations to amend the Schengen the\nshort-stay visa waiver between the European Union and seven\ncountries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados,\nBrazil, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the\nSeychelles.
\nThe negotiations with Brazil were successfully\nfinalised on 31 October 2017 by the initialling of the agreements\namending the two Agreements between the European Union and Brazil\non short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or\nofficial passports, and for holders of ordinary\npassports.
\nBoth parties have agreed to adopt the new\ndefinition of 'short-stay', among other technical details, but all\namendments are insignificant from the traveller's point of\nview.
\nCONTENT: the Commission calls on the Council to\nadopt a decision aiming to approve the Agreement between the\nEuropean Union and Brazil on the short-stay visa\nwaiverfor holders of ordinary\npassports.
\nThe final content of the agreement may be\nsummarised as follows:
\nPurpose and duration of\nstay: the\nAgreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the\nEuropean Union and for the citizens of Brazil when travelling to\nthe other Contracting Party for a maximum period of 90 days in any\n180-day period (instead of a maximum period of three months during\na six months period following the date of first entry).
\nAn amendment has been made clarifying that a\nsuspension of the visa waiver shall actually be lifted if the\nreasons that led to the suspension disappear. On this point, the\namendment aligns the wording of the agreement with Brazil on\nshort-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports with that\nof all other visa waiver agreements signed by the Union in 2015 and\n2016.
\nEntry into force: the Agreement will enter into\nforce on the first day of the 6th month following the date on which\nthe last Contracting Party notifies the other that the ratification\nprocedures have been completed. To ensure legal certainty and\nenable travellers to comprehend the law and to comply with it, a\nsufficiently long transitional period is necessary. Once\nratification of the Agreement has been completed, the six-month\nperiod will allow travellers to complete short stays that are still\nentirely calculated under the old definition, before entry into\nforce of the new short-stay definition and its 180-day\nbackward-looking reference period.
\nAll other provisions of the existing agreement\nbetween the European Union and Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for\nholders of ordinary passports remain unaffected by the\nAgreement, including the territorial scope.
\nTerritorial\napplication: the\nprovisions of the Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom or\nto Ireland.
\nThe Union has no power to amend visa waiver\nagreements that would bind the four countries that are associated\nwith the implementation of the Schengen acquis, including the\ncommon visa policy. In order to ensure a harmonised approach and\nimplementation of the provisions on the duration of authorised stay\nin the Schengen area, a joint declaration is included in the\nAgreement, stating the desirability for Brazil, on the one hand,\nand Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, on the other,\nto accordingly modify their existing bilateral visa waiver\nagreements.
\nPURPOSE: to conclude, on behalf of the Union,\nthe Agreement between the European Union and Brazil amending the\nAgreement between the European Union and Brazil on short-stay visa\nwaiver for holders of ordinary passports.
\nPROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
\nROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may\nadopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the\nact.
\nBACKGROUND: Regulation\n(EU) No 610/2013 amended the Convention implementing the\nSchengen Agreement (CISA), Regulation\n(EC) No 562/2006 (Schengen Borders Code) and Regulation\n(EC) No 810/2009 (the Visa Code). In so doing, it has\nredefined the term of short-stay for\nthird-country nationals in the Schengen area.
\nAs from 18 October 2013, for third-country\nnationals irrespective of being visa required or exempt\n who intend to travel to the Schengen area for a short-stay,\nthe maximum duration of authorised stay is defined as '90 days in\nany 180-day period'.
\nThe agreement between the Union\nand Brazil on the short-stay visa waiver should incorporate this\nnew definition.
\nWith a view to implementing the new definition\nof short stay provided for in the amendment to the Schengen Borders\nCode, the Commission adopted on 16 July 2014 a recommendation for a\nCouncil Decision authorising negotiations to amend the Schengen the\nshort-stay visa waiver between the European Union and seven\ncountries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados,\nBrazil, Mauritius, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the\nSeychelles.
\nThe negotiations with Brazil were successfully\nfinalised on 31 October 2017 by the initialling of the agreements\namending the two Agreements between the European Union and Brazil\non short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or\nofficial passports, and for holders of ordinary\npassports.
\nBoth parties have agreed to adopt the new\ndefinition of 'short-stay', among other technical details, but all\namendments are insignificant from the traveller's point of\nview.
\nCONTENT: the Commission calls on the Council to\nadopt a decision aiming to approve the Agreement between the\nEuropean Union and Brazil on the short-stay visa\nwaiverfor holders of ordinary\npassports.
\nThe final content of the agreement may be\nsummarised as follows:
\nPurpose and duration of\nstay: the\nAgreement provides for visa-free travel for the citizens of the\nEuropean Union and for the citizens of Brazil when travelling to\nthe other Contracting Party for a maximum period of 90 days in any\n180-day period (instead of a maximum period of three months during\na six months period following the date of first entry).
\nAn amendment has been made clarifying that a\nsuspension of the visa waiver shall actually be lifted if the\nreasons that led to the suspension disappear. On this point, the\namendment aligns the wording of the agreement with Brazil on\nshort-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports with that\nof all other visa waiver agreements signed by the Union in 2015 and\n2016.
\nEntry into force: the Agreement will enter into\nforce on the first day of the 6th month following the date on which\nthe last Contracting Party notifies the other that the ratification\nprocedures have been completed. To ensure legal certainty and\nenable travellers to comprehend the law and to comply with it, a\nsufficiently long transitional period is necessary. Once\nratification of the Agreement has been completed, the six-month\nperiod will allow travellers to complete short stays that are still\nentirely calculated under the old definition, before entry into\nforce of the new short-stay definition and its 180-day\nbackward-looking reference period.
\nAll other provisions of the existing agreement\nbetween the European Union and Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for\nholders of ordinary passports remain unaffected by the\nAgreement, including the territorial scope.
\nTerritorial\napplication: the\nprovisions of the Agreement do not apply to the United Kingdom or\nto Ireland.
\nThe Union has no power to amend visa waiver\nagreements that would bind the four countries that are associated\nwith the implementation of the Schengen acquis, including the\ncommon visa policy. In order to ensure a harmonised approach and\nimplementation of the provisions on the duration of authorised stay\nin the Schengen area, a joint declaration is included in the\nAgreement, stating the desirability for Brazil, on the one hand,\nand Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, on the other,\nto accordingly modify their existing bilateral visa waiver\nagreements.
\n