Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation 1683/95 laying down a uniform format for visas
Date: 2001-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU national, European standard, admission of aliens, confidentiality, identity document, technical specification

C 180 E/310

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26.6.2001

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 laying down a uniform
format for visas

(2001/C 180 E/30)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 157 final (cid:151) 2001/0080(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 23 March 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

1. Article 2 is replaced by the following:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 62 (2) (b) (iii) thereof,

(cid:145)Article 2

Further technical specifications for the uniform format for
visas
relating to the following shall be established in
compliance with the procedure referred to in Article 6(2):

(a)

further security requirements including enhanced anti-
forgery, counterfeiting and falsification standards;

(b) conditions of storage to prevent theft;

(c) rules for the filling in of the uniform visa;

(d) other conditions necessary for the implementation of

the uniform format for visas.(cid:146)

2. Article 6 is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)Article 6

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee,
the Member States and

1.
composed of representatives of
chaired by a representative of the Commission.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the regu-
latory procedure laid down in Article 5 of Decision
1999/468/EC shall apply in compliance with Article 7
thereof.

The period provided for in Article 5(6) shall be of one

3.
month.(cid:146)

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States in accordance with the EC
Treaty.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 (1)

laid down a

uniform format for visas.

(2) It is necessary to be able to establish common standards
relating to the implementation of the format in particular
common standards for filling in the form and enhanced
security standards for their storage.

(3) Common standards relating to the implementation of the
uniform format of visas are essential to achieve a high
technical standard and to facilitate detection of forged or
falsified visa stickers.

Since

(EC) No 1683/95.

(4) The powers to adopt such common standards should be
conferred to the Committee established by Article 6 of
the measures
Regulation
necessary for the implementation of
the Regulation are
measures of general scope within the meaning of Article
2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
implementing
down the procedures for the exercise of
powers conferred on the Commission,
they should be
adopted by use of the regulatory procedure provided for
in Article 5 of that Decision.

(5) It

is

therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC)

No 1683/95 consequently.

(6) The present Regulation constitutes

in relation to the
implementation of the Agreement on the association of
the Schengen
Norway and Iceland a development of
integrating the
sense of
acquis
Schengen acquis
the European
Union,

into the framework of

the Protocol

in the

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 is amended as follows:

(1) OJ L 164, 14.7.1995, p. 1.