European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 April 2023 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Kosovo) (05103/1/2023 — C9-0047/2023 — 2016/0139(COD))
Date: 2023-04-18
Institutions: Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU visa policy, Kosovo, Schengen Agreement, external border of the EU, foreign national




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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2023/455


1.12.2023






P9_TA(2023)0096
Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Kosovo
European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 April 2023 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Kosovo (*1)) (05103/1/2023 — C9-0047/2023 — 2016/0139(COD))
(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)
(C/2023/455)



The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Council position at first reading (05103/1/2023 — C9-0047/2023),










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having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2016)0277),










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having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0076/2023),













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Approves the Council position at first reading;












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Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;












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Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;












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Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












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Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.






(*1)  This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

(1)  
            OJ C 108, 26.3.2021, p. 877.


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