WRITTEN QUESTION E-2181/02 by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Council. The conclusions of the European Council in Seville: EU visa requirements for third-country citizens and the case of Latin American countries in their relations with Spain and Portugal.
Date: 2002-07-18
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU visa policy, Portugal, Spain, dual nationality, foreign national, third country

17.4.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 92 E/141

Member States are responsible for ensuring the correct application of European and international rules.
The Commission has no reason to believe that the Dutch authorities do not ensure full compliance with
these rules.

(1) Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21 November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with
regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road, OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, as lastly modified by Commission
Directive 2001/7/EC of 29 January 2001 adapting for the third time to technical progress Council Directive
94/55/EC, OJ L 30, 1.2.2001.

(2) Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23 July 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to
the transport of dangerous goods by rail, OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, as lastly modified by Commission Directive
2001/6/EC of 29 January 2001 adapting for the third time to technical progress Council Directive 96/49/EC,
OJ L 30, 1.2.2001.

(3) European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road.
(4) Regulations concerning international carriage of dangerous goods by rail.
(5) Convention concerning the international carriage by rail.
(6) Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous

substances, OJ L 10, 14.1.1997.

(7) OJ C 75, 26.3.2002.

(2003/C 92 E/191)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2181/02

by Camilo Nogueira Román (Verts/ALE) to the Council

(18 July 2002)

Subject: The conclusions of the European Council in Seville: EU visa requirements for third-country citizens

and the case of Latin American countries in their relations with Spain and Portugal

The conclusions of the European Council in Seville envisage revising the list of third countries whose
citizens may be subject to visa requirements. In the case of Latin American countries, where many citizens
have dual nationality, that of the country concerned and of Spain or Portugal, and which in general have a
special human and cultural relationship with the countries of the Iberian peninsula, a decision to introduce
visa requirements would be in serious conflict with the simultaneously European and Latin American
nature of the societies and states concerned. Is such an unacceptable historical, cultural, human and
political situation likely to arise?

Reply

(16-19 December 2002)

In the context of the follow-up to the conclusions of the Seville European Council, the Commission, which
has exclusive right of initiative in this area, was instructed to review and make suggestions concerning the
possible amendment of Council Regulation 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be
in possession of visas when crossing the external borders.

On the basis of the Commission proposals, it will be for the Council to decide in due course whether
changes need to be made to Regulation 539/2001.

(2003/C 92 E/192)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2183/02

by Minerva Malliori (PSE) to the Commission

(12 July 2002)

Subject: New alcoholic drinks and young people

Results from recent research reveal alcohol addiction in young people, caused by the consumption of fruit-
flavoured drinks which contain vodka, gin or rum.

The packaging and the advertising approach encourage young people to consume these concoctions,
which do not carry any warning whatsoever about their alcohol content.