1 Amendments of Pavel POC related to 2011/0138(COD)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 539/2011
Article 1 – paragraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 4
(b) in paragraph 4 point (c) is replaced by the following: is replaced by the following: 4. Where a third country listed in Annex II introduces, reintroduces or maintains a visa requirement for nationals of a Member State, the following provisions shall apply: (ca) within 90 days after publication of that notification, the Commission, in consultation with the Member State concerned, shall report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report may be accompanied by a proposal providing for the temporary restoration of the visa requirement for nationals of the third country in question. The Commission may also presof such introduction, or its announcement or, in cases where the requirement is maintained, within 90 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, the Member State concerned shall notify the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in writing; the notification shall be published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union. The notification shall specify the date of implementation of the measure and the type of travel documents and visas concerned. If the third country decides to lift the visa obligation before the expiry of this deadline, the notification becomes superfluous; (b) the Commission shall, immediately following the date of publication of that notification and in consultation with the Member State concerned, take steps with the authorities of the third country in order to restore visa-free travel and shall inform the European Parliament and the Council about the status of the negotiations at the earliest opportunity; (c) within 45 days after publication of that notification, the Commission, in consultation with the Member State concerned, shall report to the European Parliament and the Council. If within 45 days of the date of publication of that notification, the third country concerned has not lifted the visa requirement, the Commission, in consultation with that Member State, shall propose the restoration of the visa requirement for nationals of the third country in question. If within 90 days of the date of publication of that notification, the third country has not lifted the visa requirement, this proposal after deliberations in the European Parliament and the Council on its report. Te Commission's proposal providing for the restoration of the visa requirement for nationals of the third country in question shall be deemed to have been adopted, unless the Council, acting by qualified majority, and the European Parliament, and the Council shall act on such proposcting by absolute majority, decide to reject the proposal beforehand. (d) where the third country in question abolishes the visa requirement, the Member State shall immediately notify the Council and the Commission to that effect. The notification shall be published in the C series of the Official Journal byof the ordinary legislative procedureEuropean Union. Any measure decided upon under subparagraph (c) shall terminate seven days after the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. In case the third country in question has introduced a visa requirement for nationals of two or more Member States, the measure will only terminate after the last publication.