2 Amendments of Sophia IN 'T VELD related to 2016/0142(COD)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Considering that it is essential that the criteria used to grant visa exemption continued to be fulfilled after the exemption is granted and over time , the European Commission shall closely monitor the third countries’ compliance with these benchmarks, in particular the respect of fundamental rights and regularly report to the Council and the European Parliament.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 a – concluding part
Article 1a – paragraph 2 a – concluding part
the Commission may, on its own initiative,shall inform the European Parliament and the Council. This information shall be equivalent to a notification made pursuant to paragraph 2. Prior to this information process, the Commission may take into account the results of its monitoring of the continued compliance by the third country concerned with the criteria necessary to obtain visa liberalisation, in particular those related to fundamental rights.”