6 Amendments of Daniel DALTON related to 2016/2031(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2014 World Bank evaluation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union suggeshighlights among other things that services be included and thatome major sectors such as specific long-term and multiple-entry visa category for pre-qualified Turkish professionals travelling to the EU be establishedervices, agriculture, public procurement and energy, remain excluded from the CU;
Amendment 12 #
C a. whereas the Union launched the Visa Liberalisation Dialogue with Turkey on 16 December 2013, which is based on the Visa Liberalisation Roadmap, a document setting out the requirements that Turkey needs to meet in order to enable the Commission to propose to the European Parliament and the Council an amendment to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 which would allow Turkish citizens to travel without a visa for short stays of 90 days within any 180-day period for business, touristic or family purposes, in the Schengen area;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Fourth Report on the Progress made on the Implementation of the EU- - Turkey Statement notes that seven benchmarks of the Visa Liberalisation Roadmap still need to be met, including issuing biometric travel documents fully compatible with EU standards, revising legislation and practices on terrorism in line with EU standards, aligning legislation on personal data protection and implementing the EU-Turkey Readmission agreement; and that EU Member States issued a total of 862 184 uniform visas to Turkish nationals in 2015, 508 589 of which were multiple-entry uniform visas;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers the inclusion of services in the CU as an important element of the trade negotiations, and underlines that the issue of visa for business travellers should be dealt with separately within the framework of the Visa Liberalisation Dialogue with Turkey;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that visa-free travel or the creation of a long-term multiple-entry visa for business travellers wcould have a positive impact on bilateral trade. Stresses that this issue should be dealt with within the framework of the Visa Liberalisation Dialogue with Turkey as a separate exercise to the trade negotiations;