Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2015/0134(COD)
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Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/951laid down a uniform format for visas. This format is an inseparable feature of the Schengen area and so can be phased out along with it. __________________ 1 Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas (OJ L 164, 14.7.1995, p. 1).
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The current visa sticker, which has been in circulation for 20 years, has to be considered as compromised in view of serious incidents of counterfeiting and fraud, a problem which has been exacerbated by the migration crisis currently affecting the Member States.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
Article 2
Visa stickers conforming to the specifications set out in the annex to Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 which are applicable until the date referred to in the second paragraph of Article 3 may be used for visas issued until sixthree months after that date.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from ninfive months after the adoption of the further technical specifications referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1683/95.