(Amendment 6)
Article 2
Section 2.2 of Part I of the Common Consular Instructions on
Visas shall be replaced by the following:Section 2.2 of Part I of the Common Consular Instructions on
Visas shall be replaced by the following:
2.2. Long-stay visas 2.2. Long-stay visas
Visas for visits exceeding three months shall be national
visas issued by one of the Member States in accordancewith its national legislation.Visas for visits exceeding three months shall be national
visas issued by one of the Member States in accordancewith its national legislation.
However, such visas shall, for three months from their initial
date of validity, be valid concurrently as uniform short-stay
visas, provided that their holders fulfil the entry conditions
referred to in Article 5(1) (a), (c), (d) and (e) of the Conventionand reproduced in Part IV of these Instructions.Otherwise, suchvisas shall merely enable their holders to transit through the ter-ritories of the other Contracting Parties in order to reach theterritory of the Member State which issued the visa, unless theholders do not fulfil the entry conditions referred to in Arti-cle 5(1) (a), (d) and (e) or are on the national list of alerts ofthe Member State through whose territory they seek to transit .However, they shall be valid as uniform transit visas
authorising their holders to reach the territory of the
Member State which issued the visa, on the under-
standing that the period of transit may not exceedfive days from the date of entry, unless the holdersdo not fulfil the entry conditions or are reported aspersons not to be permitted entry by the MemberStates through whose territory they seek to transit(see Annex 4).Once they are registered on the terri-tory of the Member State which issued the visa, per-sons who are holders of long-stay visas pending theissue of their residence permits shall enjoy, in termsof freedom of movement, the same rights as thoseguaranteed to holders of residence permits .
European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the French Republic with a view to
adopting a Council Regulation on freedom of movement with a long-stay visa (9667/2000 5dash
C5-0374/2000 5dash 2000/0810(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
1dash having regard to the initiative of the French Republic (9667/2000) (1),
1dash having regard to Articles 62(2)(b)(ii) and 63(3)(a) of the EC Treaty,
1dash having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 67 of the EC Treaty (C5-0374/2000),
1dash having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
1dash having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market on the pro-
posed legal basis,
1dash having regard to the report of the Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home
Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on Petitions (A5-0388/2000),
1. Approves the initiative of the French Republic as amended;
2. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parlia-
ment;
3. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to make substantial modifications to the initia-
tive of the French Republic;
4. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the Government of
the French Republic.
(1) OJ C 200, 13.7.2000, p. 4.C 262/266 EN 18.9.2001 Official Journal of the European Communities
Thursday 18 January 2001
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE FRENCH REPUBLICAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT