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14 Amendments of Ernst STRASSER related to 2009/0104(CNS)

Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 1
(1) The visa liberalisation dialogue initiated by the Commission, with a regional approach and a European perspective, includes all the Western Balkan countries, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, on an equal footing and without any discrimination. The composition of the lists of third countries in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 should be, and should remain, consistent with the criteria laid down in recital (5) thereto. Some third countries, for which the situation has changed as regards these criteria,The same criteria laid down in the roadmap for visa liberalisation should be applied to all countries concerned. Some of the Western Balkan countries that have met the benchmarks should be admitted to the visa-free travel regime from 1 January 2010. Those countries that, despite having made substantial progress, have not fully met the benchmarks should be tgransferred from one Annex to the other. ted the same privilege as soon as they meet the benchmarks as set out in the roadmap.
2009/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The visa liberalisation dialogue initiated by the Commission with a regional approach and a European perspective, includes countries of the Western Balkans, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia on an equal footing and without any discrimination. The composition of the lists of third countries in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 should be, and should remain, consistent with the criteria laid down in recital (5) thereto. Some third countries, for which the situation has changed as regards these criteria, should be transferred from one Annex to the otherThe same criteria laid down in the roadmaps for visa liberalisation should be applied to all countries concerned.
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) With the aim of furthering the implementation of the Thessaloniki agenda and as part of the regional approach, the Commission should start a visa dialogue with Kosovo and establish a tailor-made roadmap for visa facilitation and liberalisation similar to the roadmap established with other Western Balkan countries. This should be without prejudice to Member States' competence as regards the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.
2009/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) All of the Western Balkan countries that have met the benchmarks should be admitted to the visa-free travel regime from the beginning of 2010. Those countries that, despite having made substantial progress, have not fully met the benchmarks should be granted the same privilege as soon as they meet the benchmarks as set out in the corresponding roadmaps for visa liberalisation.
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) With the aim of furthering the implementation of the Thessaloniki agenda and as part of its regional approach, the Commission should start a visa dialogue with Kosovo and establish a tailor-made roadmap for visa facilitation and liberalisation similar to those established with other Western Balkan countries. This should be without prejudice to Member States' competence as regards the recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) As regards Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Commission should, without delay and not later than in the spring of 2010, present its report on the achievements made by those two countries in meeting all the benchmarks set in the roadmap. Thereafter and without delay, the Commission should present a proposal for the corresponding amending regulation. Without prejudice to the legal framework under which the European Union will be operating by the spring of 2010 and the auspicial role that the European Parliament, for its part, could play, the Council commits itself to immediately finalise the corresponding Council regulation extending the visa-free travel regime to Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Council calls upon Member States and the Commission to then take all necessary legal and technical measures to ensure immediate implementation of the visa-free travel regime.
2009/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The Council, while commending the relevant recent progress achieved by Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina towards meeting the benchmarks, calls on the relevant Albanian and Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to adopt, without delay, the necessary reforms to fully meet the benchmarks.
2009/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) The Council asks the Commission to assist the relevant Albanian and Bosnian and Herzegovina authorities in this respect.
2009/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) As regards Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Commission should, without delay and not later than in the spring of 2010, present its report on the achievements made by those two countries in meeting all the benchmarks set in the roadmap.
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Thereafter and without delay, the Commission should present a proposal for the corresponding amending regulation. Without prejudice to the legal framework under which the European Union will be operating by the spring of 2010 and the role that the European Parliament, for its part, could play, the Council commits itself to immediately finalise the corresponding Council regulation extending the visa-free travel regime to Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Council calls upon Member States and the Commission to then take all necessary legal and technical measures to ensure immediate implementation of the visa-free travel regime.
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) The Council, while commending the relevant recent progress achieved by Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina towards meeting the benchmarks, calls on the relevant Albanian and Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to adopt, without delay, the necessary reforms to fully meet the benchmarks.
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Annex I – Part 1
(-a) in Part 1, double asterisks ** and a corresponding footnote should be added to the references to Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as follows: "Albania **" "Bosnia and Herzegovina **" ------------------- "** The exemption from the visa requirement granted to holders of biometric passports will apply on the basis of a legislative act to be adopted following the presentation of a corresponding proposal by the European Commission."
2009/10/01
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 d (new)
(4d) The Council asks the Commission to assist the relevant authorities of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina in this respect.
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 - paragraph 1 - point a a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Annex I - part 1
(aa) in Part 1, the references to Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina are replaced by the following: "Albania**, Bosnia and Herzegovina ** ------------------- ** The exemption from the visa requirement granted to holders of biometric passports will apply in accordance with Community law"
2009/10/15
Committee: LIBE