9 Amendments of Barbara SPINELLI related to 2014/0095(COD)
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Live performance artistsArtists and their support staff and high-level sportsmen and women and their support staff, in particular, often experience difficulties in organising tours in the Union. Students, researchers, culture professionals, pensioners, business people, service providers as well as tourists may also wish to stay longer than 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen area. The lack of appropriate authorisation leads to a loss of potential visitors and consequently to an economic lossmanagers, employees, traders and craftsmen, service providers as well as tourists and third- country nationals except from the visa requirement may also wish to stay longer than 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen area.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) A new type of visa (‘touring visa’) should be established for both visa-exempt and visa-requiring third-country nationals planning to circulate in the territory of two or more Member States for more than 90 days, provided that they do not intend to stay for more than 90 days in any 180-day period in the territory of the same Member State. At the same time, the 90 days per 180 days rule should be maintained as a general dividing line between short stays and long stays, as it does not pose any problems for the vast majority of travellers.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Where relevant, the provisions of Regulation (EU) No xxx/201x of the European Parliament and of the Council29 and Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council30 should apply to the application for and the issuing of touring visas. Given the different needs and conditions of third-country nationals applying for touring visas and due to economic and security considerations, specific rules should nevertheless be introduced, among others, as regards the authorities taking part in the procedures, the application phase, the examination of and decision on applications and the issuing and refusal of touring visas. __________________ 29 Regulation (EU) No xxx/201x of the European Parliament and of the Council of xxx establishing a Union Code on Visas (Visa Code) (recast) (OJ L x, xxx, p. x). 30 Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60).
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) This Regulation respects fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure full respect for private and family life referred to in Article 7otection of personal data referred to in Article 16 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the right to private and family life referred to in Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, protection of personal data referred to in Article 8 of the Charter and the rights of the child referred to in Article 24 of the Charter. Member States shall also respect the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data in gathering and processing data.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council34 applies to the Member States with regard to the processing of personal data pursuant to this Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data shall apply to these institutions for the processing of data within the framework of their activities. __________________ 34 Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31).
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State competent for examining and deciding on an application for a touring visa shall be the Member State whose external border the applicant intends to cross in order to enter the territory of the Member States or the first Member State in which he or she is to work.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State competent for examining and deciding on an application for a touring visa shall be the Member State whose external border the applicant intends to cross in order to enter the territory of the Member States or the first Member State in which the activity is carried out.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. The possession of sufficient means of subsistence and a stable economic situation shall be demonstrated by means of salary slips or bank statements covering a period of 126 months prior to the date of the application, and/or supporting documents that demonstrate that applicants will benefit from or will acquire sufficient financial means lawfully during their stay.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. Consulates may waive the requirement to present one or more supporting documents if the applicants work for or are invited by a reliable company, organisation or institution known to the consulate, in particular at managerial level, or as a researcher, student, artist, culture professional, sportsman or a staff member with specialist knowledge, experience and technical expertise and if adequate proof is submitted to the consulate in this regard. The requirement may also be waived for those applicants’ close family members, including the spouse, children under the age of 18 and parents of a child under the age of 18, in case they intend to travel together.