Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Regulation, based on Article 100c of the Treaty establishing the European Community, determining the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States (COM(93)0684 C3-0012/94) and on the draft Council Regulation determining the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of the Member States (11323/97 - C4-0665/ 97 97/0922(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
Date: 1999-02-10
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: admission of aliens, border control, external border of the EU, foreign national, free movement of persons, immigration, residence permit, third country

C 150/196

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.5.1999

Wednesday 10 February 1999

Legislative  resolution  embodying  Parliament’s  opinion  on  the  proposal  for  a  Council  Act
establishing the Convention on rules for the admission of third-country nationals to the Member
States (COM(97)0387 − C4-0681/97 − 97/0227(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

−  having regard to the Commission proposal (COM(97)0387 − 97/0227(CNS)) (1),

−  having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article K.6, second paragraph, of the Treaty on

European Union (C4-0681/97),

−  having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure,

−  having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs and the opinions

of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy (A4-0266/98),

−  having regard to the second report of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs and the

opinions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy (A4-0045/99),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal, subject to Parliament’s amendments;

2.
Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal on admission accordingly, with a separate proposal for
a statute for third-country nationals residing legally in a Member State, both to be issued on the basis of the
EC Treaty, after the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam;

Asks to be consulted again should the Council make substantial modifications to the text approved

3.
by Parliament;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission.

(1)  OJ C 337, 7.11.1997, p. 9.

(b) A4-0043/99

Proposal for a Council Regulation, based on Article 100c of the Treaty establishing the European
Community, determining the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of a visa when
crossing the external borders of the Member States (COM(93)0684 − C3-0012/94) and Draft Council
Regulation  determining  the  third  countries  whose  nationals  must  be  in  possession  of  visas  when
crossing the external borders of the Member States (11323/97 − C4-0665/97 − 97/0922(CNS))

The proposal was approved with the following amendments:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (*)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

(Amendment 1)

Title

Proposal for a Regulation, based on Article 100c of the Treaty
establishing  the  European  Community,  determining  the  third

Proposal  for  a  provisional  Regulation,  based  on  Article
100c  of  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community,

(*)  OJ C 11, 15.1.1994, p. 15.