(b) ifappropriate,aproposalforthefurtherdevelopmentofLIFEorafinancialinstrumentexclus-
ivelyintheenvironmentalfieldthat,interalia,shalltakeaccountoftherecommendationsofthereviewofLIFE,toapplyfrom2007onwards.
2. Following the Commission’sadoptionofsuch a proposal,the European Parliament and the
Council,actinginaccordancewiththeTreaty,shalldecidenolaterthan1May2006ontheimple-mentationofthatfinancialinstrument,asfrom1January2007.
3. The amountneeded within the financialframeworktoprovide formonitoringandauditing
measuresintheperiodfollowing31December2006shallbedeemedtobeconfirmedonlyifitisconsistentwiththenewfinancialperspectivescommencingin2007.’
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthatofitspublicationintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanUnion.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
Doneat…,on…
FortheEuropeanParliament
ThePresidentFortheCouncil
ThePresident
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Stampingoftraveldocuments*
EuropeanParliamentlegislativeresolutionontheproposalforaCouncilregulationlayingdown
therequirementforthecompetentauthoritiesoftheMemberStatestostampsystematicallythetraveldocumentsofthird-countrynationalswhentheycrosstheexternalbordersoftheMemberStates and amending the convention implementing the Schengen agreement and the common
manualtothisend(COM(2003)664/dashC5-0580/2003/dash2003/0258(CNS))
(Consultationprocedure)
TheEuropeanParliament,
/dash havingregardtotheCommissionproposal(COM(2003)664)(
1),
/dash havingregardtoArticle62(2)(a)oftheECTreaty,
/dash havingregardtoArticle67oftheECTreaty,pursuanttowhichtheCouncilconsultedParliament
(C5-0580/2003),
/dash havingregardtotheProtocolintegratingtheSchengen‘acquis’intotheframeworkoftheEuropean
Union,
/dash havingbeeninformedbytheCouncilthattheRepublicofIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomofGreat
BritainandNorthernIrelanddonotwishtoparticipateinadoptingandapplyingthemeasurecon-cernedintheCommissionproposal,
(1) NotyetpublishedintheOJ.C104E/628 EN30.4.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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/dash havingregardtoRule67ofitsRulesofProcedure,
/dash havingregardtothereportoftheCommitteeonCitizens’FreedomsandRights,JusticeandHome
Affairs(A5-0229/2004),
1. ApprovestheCommissionproposalasamended;
2. Callsonthe Commissiontoalter itsproposalaccordingly, pursuanttoArticle250(2)ofthe EC
Treaty;
3. CallsontheCounciltonotifyParliamentifitintendstodepartfromthetextapprovedbyParliament;
4. AskstheCounciltoconsultParliamentagainifitintendstoamendtheCommissionproposalsub-
stantially;
5. 5InstructsitsPresidenttoforwarditspositiontotheCouncilandCommission.
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Amendment1
TITLE
ProposalforaCouncilregulationlayingdowntherequirement
forthecompetentauthoritiesoftheMemberStatestostampsysteMaticallythetraveldocumentsofthird-countrynationalswhen they cross the external borders of the Member Statesand amending the convention implementing the Schengenagreementandthe commonmanualtothisendProposalforaCouncilregulationlayingdowntherequirement
forthecompetentauthoritiesoftheMemberStatestostampsystematicallythetraveldocumentsofthird-countrynationalswhentheycrosstheexternalbordersoftheMemberStatesandamendingthe conventionimplementing the Schengen agree-mentandtheCommonManualforExternalBorders tothis
end
(Thisamendmentappliestothewholeofthelegislativetext;theentire
textmustbeadjustedaccordingly.)
Amendment2
RECITAL1
(1) TheEuropeanCouncilheldinSevilleon21and22June
2002calledforcloserco-operationincombatingillegalimmi-grationandcalledontheCommissionandtheMemberStates
totakeoperationalstepstoensureanequivalentlevelofcon-trolandsurveillance ofexternalborders .(1) TheEuropeanCouncilheldinSevilleon21and22June
2002calledforcloserco-operationincombatingillegalimmi-grationandrequestedtheCouncil,theCommissionandthe
MemberStates,eachwithinitsrespectivesphereofresponsi-
bility,totakeoperationalstepstoensure that,amongthem-
selves,Member Statesachievecoordinated,integratedman-agement of the external borders and anequivalent level of
controlandsurveillance.
Amendment3
RECITAL1a(new)
(1a) GiventhatitisinthesharedinterestsoftheMember
Statestointroducemoreeffectivearrangementsformanag-
ingtheexternalborders,theThessalonikiEuropeanCouncil
of19and20June2003calledontheCommissiontosubmitproposalsontherecastingoftheCommonManualforExter-nalBorders,includingthestampingoftraveldocumentsofthird-countrynationals.
Amendment4
RECITAL2
(2) The provisions ofthe convention implementing the
Schengen Agreement of 14June 1985, and of the common(2) The provisions concerning the crossing of external
borderssetoutin theconventionimplementingtheSchengen30.4.2004EN C104E/629 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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manualconcerningthecrossingof externalborderslack clar-
ityandprecisionasregardstheobligationtoaffixstampsto
the travel documents of third-country nationals when they
cross external borders. Consequently, they lead to divergent
practicesintheMemberStatesandmakeitdifficulttocheckwhether the duration of short stays for such third-countrynationalsontheterritoryoftheMemberStatesisadheredto,namelyamaximumofthreemonthsinanysix-monthperiod.Agreementof14June1985, signedinSchengenon19June
1990,providethatanequaldegreeofcontrolshallbeexer-cisedatexternalborders.However,thoseprovisions lackpreci-
sion as regards the obligation to affix stamps to the travel
documentsofthird-countrynationalswhentheycrossexternalborders.Consequently,theyleadtodivergentpracticesintheMemberStatesandmakeitdifficulttocheckwhetherthedur-ation of short stays for such third-country nationals on theterritoryoftheMemberStatesisadheredto,namelyamaxi-mumofthreemonthsinanysix-monthperiod.
Amendment5
RECITAL2a(new)
(2a) The Common Manual for External Borders contains
provisions on the stamping of travel documents of third-country nationals when they cross the external borders ofMember States that have adopted the Schengen ‘acquis’.Those provisions should be amended and brought togetherinaEuropeanCommunitylegalinstrumentthatisbindinginitsentirety.
Amendment6
RECITAL2b(new)
(2b) On19December2002theJusticeandHomeAffairs
Counciladopted conclusionsonexternal border checksandcombatingillegalimmigrationandcalledontheCommissiontoclarifytheexistingrulesoftheSchengen‘acquis’inthisarea,toputforwardrelevantamendmentsandtoconsiderthepossibilityofgreaterharmonisationoftheprocedurestobeappliedduringborderchecks.
Amendment8
RECITAL5
(5) The obligation on the Member States to stamp third-
countrynationals’traveldocumentssystematicallywhentheyenter the territory of the Member States and the limitationregardingthecircumstancesinwhichmeasuresrelaxingchecksonpersonsat external borders maybe adoptedprovide thepossibilityofpresuming,intheabsenceofastamponsuchtraveldocuments,thattheirholderisinanillegalsituationasregardstheconditionofthedurationofashortstay.However,itmustbepossibletooverturnthispresumptionbyanyformofproofthatcandemonstratethelegalityofthedurationofthestay.(5) The obligation on the Member States to stamp third-
countrynationals’traveldocumentssystematicallywhentheyentertheterritoryoftheMemberStates bycrossingtheexter-
nalbordersoftheSchengenarea andthelimitationregarding
thecircumstancesinwhichmeasuresrelaxingchecksonper-sonsatexternalbordersmaybeadoptedprovidethepossibilityofpresuming,intheabsenceofastamponsuchtraveldocu-ments,thattheirholderisinanillegalsituationasregardstheconditionofthedurationofashortstay.However,itmustbepossibletooverturnthispresumptionbyanyformof docu-
mentaryproofthatcandemonstratethelegalityofthedur-
ationofthestay.
Amendment9
RECITAL7
(7) Theconventionimplementingthe SchengenAgreement
andthecommonmanualmustbeamendedaccordingly.(7) TheSchengenConventionandthe CommonManualfor
ExternalBordersshouldbeamendedaccordingly.C104E/630 EN30.4.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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Amendment10
RECITAL9
(9) AsfarasIcelandandNorwayareconcerned,thisRegu-
lation constitutes a development of the provisions of theSchengen‘acquis’,asprovidedforintheAgreement concluded
by the Councilofthe European Unionandthe Republic ofIcelandandtheKingdomofNorwayconcerningtheassociationofthosetwoStateswiththeimplementation,applicationanddevelopmentoftheSchengen‘acquis’fallingwithintheareareferredtoinArticle1(B)ofCouncilDecision1999/437/ECof
17May1999oncertainarrangementsfortheapplicationof
thatAgreement.(9) AsfarasIcelandandNorwayareconcerned,thisRegu-
lation constitutes a development of the provisions of theSchengen‘acquis’,asprovidedforintheAgreementconcludedbythe Councilofthe European Unionandthe Republic ofIcelandandtheKingdomofNorway andsignedinBrussels
on 18May 1999, concerning the association of those two
Stateswiththeimplementation,applicationanddevelopmentoftheSchengen‘acquis’fallingwithintheareareferredtoin
Article1(B)ofCouncilDecision1999/437/ECof17May1999
oncertainarrangementsfortheapplicationofthatAgreement.
Amendment11
RECITAL10
(10) ThisRegulationconstitutesadevelopmentoftheprovi-
sionsoftheSchengen‘acquis’inwhichtheUnitedKingdomisnotparticipating,inaccordancewithCouncilDecision2000/365/ECof29May2000ontherequestbytheUnitedKing-domofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtotakepartinsomeoftheprovisionsoftheSchengen‘acquis’.Consequently,theUnitedKingdomisnottakingpartinitsadoptionandisnotboundbyitorsubjecttoitsapplication.(10) ThisRegulationconstitutesadevelopmentoftheprovi-
sionsoftheSchengen‘acquis’inwhichtheUnitedKingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland is not participating, in
accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29May2000ontherequestbytheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandtotakepartinsomeoftheprovisionsofthe Schengen ‘acquis’. Consequently, the United Kingdom of
GreatBritainandNorthernIreland isnottakingpartinits
adoptionandisnotboundbyitorsubjecttoitsapplication.
Amendment12
ARTICLE2,POINT1
Article6,paragraph2,point(e)(ConventionimplementingtheSchengenAgreement)
(e) ifinexceptional andunforeseencircumstancesrequiring
immediate measures such checks cannot be carried out,
prioritiesmustbeset.Inthatcase,entrychecksshallasaruletakepriorityoverexitchecks.TheMemberStatecon-cernedmustinformtheCouncilandCommissionaccord-inglyasquicklyaspossible .(e) ifinexceptionalandunforeseencircumstancesrequiring
immediate measures such checks cannot be carried out,
prioritiesmustbeset.Inthatcase,entrychecksshallasaruletakepriorityoverexitchecks.TheMemberStatecon-cerned mustimmediatelyinformthe CouncilandCom-
missionSecretariatsoftheunforeseenmeasurestaken .
Amendment13
ARTICLE2,POINT3
Article23a,paragraph2(ConventionimplementingtheSchengenAgreement)
2. This presumption maybe overturnedby the third-
country national by demonstrating by any means that hehasrespectedtheconditionrelatingtothedurationofshortstay.Tothisend,hemayprovideevidencesuchastransport
tickets,proofofhispresenceabroadordeclarationspursuanttoArticles22and45 .2. This presumption and any legal step that may ensue
fromitmustbeoverturnedwithoutdelayifthethird-country
nationaldemonstratesbydocumentaryevidencethathe/shehasrespectedtheconditionrelatingtothedurationofashortstay.
Amendment14
ARTICLE2,POINT3
Article23a,paragraph3(ConventionimplementingtheSchengenAgreement)
3. Intheeventofthepresumptionaimedatparagraph1not
being overturned, the competent authorities mayapply the
provisionsofArticle23(3)(4)and(5).3. Intheeventofthepresumptionaimedatparagraph1not
being overturned, the competent authorities shallapply the
provisionsofArticle23(3)(4)and(5).30.4.2004EN C104E/631 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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Amendment15
ARTICLE3,INTRODUCTIONandPOINT1
Point1.3.5(CommonManual)
PartIIofthecommonmanualisamendedasfollows: Part II of the Common Manual for External Borders is
amendedasfollows:
1. Point1.3.5isreplacedbythefollowing: 1. Point1.3.5isreplacedbythefollowing:
Checksatlandborders mayberelaxedasaresultofexcep-
tional and unforeseen circumstances. This will be the case
whereunforeseeneventsleadtosuchintensityoftrafficthatthedelayinthetimetakentoreachcheckingpostsbecomesexcessive,andallresourceshavebeenexhaustedasregardsstaff,facilitiesandorganisation.Checksatland,seaorairbordersshallberelaxedasaresultof
uniformlydefined exceptionalandunforeseencircumstances.
Amendment16
ARTICLE3,POINT3
Point2.1.1,introductorypart(CommonManual)
WhentheterritoryofaMemberStateisentered,astampshall
beaffixedto:[…].WhentheterritoryofaMemberStateisentered, ifanexternal
borderiscrossed,astampshallbeaffixedto:[…].
Amendment17
ARTICLE3,POINT5
Point3.4.2.3,paragraph3(CommonManual)
Evenintheeventofarelaxationofthechecks,theofficials
responsiblemustproceedinaccordancewithpoint1.3.5.4.Evenintheeventofarelaxationofthechecks duetoexcep-
tionalcircumstances ,theofficialsresponsiblemustproceedin
accordancewithpoint1.3.5.4.
Amendment18
ARTICLE4
The Member States shall take all appropriate measures to
informthird-countrynationalsoftheimplementationofthis
Regulation.The Member States , the Commission and the Council shall
takeallappropriatemeasurestoinformthird-countrynationals
oftheimplementationofthisRegulation.
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EuropeanMonitoringCentreforDrugsandDrugAddiction*
EuropeanParliamentlegislativeresolutionontheproposalforaCouncilregulationontheEuro-peanMonitoringCentreforDrugsandDrugAddiction/dash(recast)(COM(2003)808/dashC5-0060/
2004/dash2003/0311(CNS))
(Consultationprocedure)
TheEuropeanParliament,
/dash havingregardtotheCommissionproposaltotheCouncil(COM(2003)808)(
1),
/dash havingregardtoArticle308oftheECTreaty,pursuanttowhichtheCouncilconsultedParliament
(C5-0060/2004),
(1) NotyetpublishedintheOJ.C104E/632 EN30.4.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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