1994/0163(CNS)

Visas: standard model

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1994/0163(CNS) Visas: standard model

Role	Committee	Rapporteur
Opinion	AFET	CALIGARIS Luigi (FE)
Opinion	JURI	ODDY Christine Margaret (PSE)
Lead	LIBE	LEHNE Klaus-Heiner (PPE)

Lead committee dossier: LIBE/4/05939
Legal Basis EC before Amsterdam E 100-p3

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7.10.04 External borders crossing and controls, visas

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1995/07/14 Final act published in Official Journal
- Regulation 1995/1683
- OJ L 164 14.07.1995, p. 0001
1995/05/29 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
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1995/05/29 Council Meeting
1995/05/29 End of procedure in Parliament
1995/01/16 Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- T4-0001/1995 summary
  
  In adopting the LEHNE report, the European Parliament approved the proposal for a regulation with certain amendments. The EP considered that it was important to clarify that the regulation applied solely to visas for short-term stays (around three months). In addition, it pointed out that the secret specifications should not include or refer to personal data but should be confined to data necessary to prevent counterfeiting and falsification of the visa itself. The uniform visa format should comply with the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data of 28 January 1981 and the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regulating the use of personal data in the police sector adopted on 17 September 1987.
- OJ C 043 20.02.1995, p. 0009-0011
1994/12/19 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
- A4-0117/1994
- OJ C 043 20.02.1995, p. 0004
- AFET CALIGARIS Luigi FE
- JURI ODDY Christine Margaret PSE
- LIBE LIBE/4/05939 LEHNE Klaus-Heiner PPE
1994/09/26 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1994/07/13 Legislative proposal
- COM(1994)0287 summary
  
  The proposal for a regulation was based on Article 100c(3) of the Treaty, which called on the Council to adopt, before 1 January 1996, measures concerning the uniform format for visas issued by the Member States. It complemented the proposal that had already been submitted to establish a joint list of the third countries whose citizens would require a visa to enter the EU and aimed to help achieve the free movement of persons within the internal market. A visa referred to any type of authorisation to enter the territory of a Member State that was valid for no more than three months, during a six-month period, either continuously or consisting of several visits. The uniform format should have the following characteristics: it should contain all the necessary information and meet very high technical standards, particularly as regards safeguards against counterfeiting and falsification; it should be suited to use by all the Member States; it should bear universally recognisable security features that were clearly visible to the naked eye. It should comply with the provisions concerning the protection of personal data. In addition, an individual to whom a visa had been issued should have the right to access and amend inexact, irrelevant or excessive information. The uniform format took account of the work carried out in the context of the Schengen Agreement, which should respond to the same requirements. Only one body in each Member State should have responsibility for printing the uniform format for visas. The annex to the regulation included a box beginning with the words "valid for", in which the issuing Member State should indicate the territory for which entry was authorised. This meant that the visa's validity could be limited to the territory of each Member State until the Convention on the crossing of the external borders of the Community entered into force. From then on, the majority of visas issued by the Member States would be valid throughout the Community, except in exceptional circumstances.
- OJ C 238 26.08.1994, p. 0008

Documents

Legislative proposal published: COM(1994)0287
Legislative proposal: OJ C 238 26.08.1994, p. 0008
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0117/1994
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 043 20.02.1995, p. 0004
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0001/1995
Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: OJ C 043 20.02.1995, p. 0009-0011
: Regulation 1995/1683
: OJ L 164 14.07.1995, p. 0001

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

2012-02-10

activities	added	date 1994-07-13 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1994&nu_doc=0287 text The proposal for a regulation was based on Article 100c(3) of the Treaty, which called on the Council to adopt, before 1 January 1996, measures concerning the uniform format for visas issued by the Member States. It complemented the proposal that had already been submitted to establish a joint list of the third countries whose citizens would require a visa to enter the EU and aimed to help achieve the free movement of persons within the internal market. A visa referred to any type of authorisation to enter the territory of a Member State that was valid for no more than three months, during a six-month period, either continuously or consisting of several visits. The uniform format should have the following characteristics: it should contain all the necessary information and meet very high technical standards, particularly as regards safeguards against counterfeiting and falsification; it should be suited to use by all the Member States; it should bear universally recognisable security features that were clearly visible to the naked eye. It should comply with the provisions concerning the protection of personal data. In addition, an individual to whom a visa had been issued should have the right to access and amend inexact, irrelevant or excessive information. The uniform format took account of the work carried out in the context of the Schengen Agreement, which should respond to the same requirements. Only one body in each Member State should have responsibility for printing the uniform format for visas. The annex to the regulation included a box beginning with the words "valid for", in which the issuing Member State should indicate the territory for which entry was authorised. This meant that the visa's validity could be limited to the territory of each Member State until the Convention on the crossing of the external borders of the Community entered into force. From then on, the majority of visas issued by the Member States would be valid throughout the Community, except in exceptional circumstances. type Legislative proposal published title COM(1994)0287 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1994:238:SOM:EN:HTML type Legislative proposal title OJ C 238 26.08.1994, p. 0008 body EC commission type Legislative proposal date 1994-09-26 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees body EP responsible False committee AFET date 1994-09-14 committee_full Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense Policy rapporteur group FE name CALIGARIS Luigi body EP responsible False committee JURI date 1994-11-04 committee_full Legal Affairs, Citizens' Rights rapporteur group PSE name ODDY Christine Margaret body EP responsible True committee LIBE date 1994-09-07 committee_full Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs rapporteur group PPE name LEHNE Klaus-Heiner body EP committees body EP responsible False committee AFET date 1994-09-14 committee_full Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense Policy rapporteur group FE name CALIGARIS Luigi body EP responsible False committee JURI date 1994-11-04 committee_full Legal Affairs, Citizens' Rights rapporteur group PSE name ODDY Christine Margaret body EP responsible True committee LIBE date 1994-09-07 committee_full Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs rapporteur group PPE name LEHNE Klaus-Heiner docs type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title A4-0117/1994 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:043:SOM:EN:HTML type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 043 20.02.1995, p. 0004 text The committee adopted the report approving the proposal for a regulation laying down a uniform format for visas. This proposal was limited to defining the physical characteristics (the form, the data included, etc.) for a future visa valid at Community level. However, it was important to remember, as the EP had always pointed out, that a harmonised visa policy called for measures such as the definition of a list of third countries whose nationals were required to hold a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States or the harmonisation of checks on persons crossing external borders. Unfortunately, the proposals that had been submitted to this end seemed to have reached a deadlock. The rapporteur suggested that the regulation should clarify that it applied solely to visas for short-term stays ("grosso modo", up to three months). Another amendment pointed out that the secret specifications that applied to the format - those necessary to avoid counterfeiting and falsification - which would be adopted according to a specific procedure, could not include or refer to personal data. date 1994-12-19 type Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading date 1995-01-16 docs text In adopting the LEHNE report, the European Parliament approved the proposal for a regulation with certain amendments. The EP considered that it was important to clarify that the regulation applied solely to visas for short-term stays (around three months). In addition, it pointed out that the secret specifications should not include or refer to personal data but should be confined to data necessary to prevent counterfeiting and falsification of the visa itself. The uniform visa format should comply with the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data of 28 January 1981 and the recommendation of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regulating the use of personal data in the police sector adopted on 17 September 1987. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T4-0001/1995 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:043:SOM:EN:HTML type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title OJ C 043 20.02.1995, p. 0009-0011 body EP type Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading date 1995-05-29 text Following the agreement in principle reached at the last JHA Council meeting on 9 and 10 March, the Council formally adopted the Regulation laying down a uniform format for visas (see Press Release 5423/95, Presse 69). The Regulation lays down that visas issued by the Member States will be produced in a uniform format - sticker - and will conform to the common specifications set out in an Annex to the Regulation, concerning, inter alia, security features that render the visa difficult to counterfeit or falsify, the nature and colour of the paper, the parts to be filled in by the issuing authority and the languages to be used. The uniform format for visas will come into effective use six months after the additional technical specifications to reduce counterfeiting or falsification have been adopted by the Commission with the assent of a committee consisting of representatives of the Member States. body type Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament date 1995-05-29 body CSL type Council Meeting council General Affairs meeting_id 1847 date 1995-05-29 body EP type End of procedure in Parliament date 1995-07-14 text OBJECTIVE: To lay down a Community visa model with a view to harmonising national visa policies and promoting the free movement of persons in the European Union. SUBSTANCE: 1. This regulation lays down a uniform format for visas for all Member States. 2. For the purposes of the regulation, a "visa" shall mean an authorisation given by or a decision taken by a Member State which is required for entry into its territory with a view to: - an intended stay in that Member State or in several Member States of no more than three months in all, - transit through the territory or airport transit zone of that Member State or several Member States. 3. Member States may use the visa format for purposes other than those mentioned above as long as there is no confusion with the uniform visa defined in point 2. 4. The information contained in the uniform visa format must comply with: * the technical specifications listed in the annex to the regulation outlining universally recognisable security features which are clearly visible to the naked eye; * the additional secret technical specifications designed to prevent visa counterfeiting and falsification. 5. Each Member State should designate not more than one body having responsibility for printing the visas. They must communicate the name of this body to the Commission and the other Member States. 6. The procedure for adopting the secret specifications is laid down in the regulation. They are forwarded to: - the bodies responsible for printing the visas; - persons duly authorised by the Commission or a Member State. 7. The regulation contains a clause concerning the protection of personal data relating to individuals to whom visas have been issued. Source: European Commission - Info 92 - 10/95. type Final act published in Official Journal docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31995R1683 title Regulation 1995/1683 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:1995:164:SOM:EN:HTML title OJ L 164 14.07.1995, p. 0001
committees	added	body EP responsible False committee AFET date 1994-09-14 committee_full Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense Policy rapporteur group FE name CALIGARIS Luigi body EP responsible False committee JURI date 1994-11-04 committee_full Legal Affairs, Citizens' Rights rapporteur group PSE name ODDY Christine Margaret body EP responsible True committee LIBE date 1994-09-07 committee_full Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs rapporteur group PPE name LEHNE Klaus-Heiner
links	added	European Commission url http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/liste_resultats.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=CNS&DocYear=1994&DocNum=0163 title PreLex
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procedure	added	dossier_of_the_committee LIBE/4/05939 reference 1994/0163(CNS) subtype Legislation legal_basis EC before Amsterdam E 100-p3 stage_reached Procedure completed instrument Regulation title Visas: standard model type CNS - Consultation procedure final url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=31995R1683 title Regulation 1995/1683 subject 7.10.04 External borders crossing and controls, visas

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