Activities of Baroness Sarah LUDFORD related to 2009/0104(CNS)
Plenary speeches (1)
Third country nationals subject to or exempt from a visa requirement when crossing external borders (debate)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) With the aim of furthering the implementation of the Thessaloniki agenda, the Commission should start a visa dialogue with Kosovo so as to establish a roadmap for visa 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.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Annex I – Part 1
Annex I – Part 1
(-a) in Part 1, the reference to Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be amended as follows: "Albania * Bosnia and Herzegovina * ------------------- * The name of the country shall be deemed deleted from this Annex without delay immediately after the assessment by the Commission that the country in question meets all the benchmarks set in the roadmap for visa liberalisation and a notice about the assessment is published in the Official Journal of the European Union."
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Annex II – Part 1
Annex II – Part 1
2) In Annex II, Part 1, the following references shall be inserted: "Albania * ** Bosnia and Herzegovina * ** the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ** Montenegro ** Serbia [excluding holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (in Serbian: Koordinaciona uprava)] * * ------------------- * The exemption from the visa requirement shall apply without delay immediately after the assessment by the Commission that the country in question meets all the benchmarks set in the roadmap for visa liberalisation and a notice about the assessment is published in the Official Journal of the European Union. ** The exemption from the visa requirement only applies to holders of biometric passports".