P9_TA(2023)0370 – Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure – European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 October 2023 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009 and (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1683/95, (EC) No 333/2002, (EC) No 693/2003 and (EC) No 694/2003 and Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure (COM(2022)0658 – C9-0165/2022 – 2022/0132A(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
Date: 2023-10-18
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: EU visa policy, Schengen Agreement, admission of aliens, border control, data processing, digitisation, exchange of information, external border of the EU, foreign national, information system




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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/2667


29.4.2024






P9_TA(2023)0370

Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure


European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 October 2023 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009 and (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1683/95, (EC) No 333/2002, (EC) No 693/2003 and (EC) No 694/2003 and Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure (COM(2022)0658 – C9-0165/2022 – 2022/0132A(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)
(C/2024/2667)



The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2022)0658),










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having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 77(2), point (a) and 79(2), point (a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0165/2022),










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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 26 October 2022
                   (1),










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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 21 June 2023 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the decision by the Conference of Presidents of 6 July 2023 to authorise the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to split the abovementioned Commission proposal and to draw up two separate legislative reports on the basis thereof,










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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the letter from the Committee on Budgets,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0025/2023),













1.


Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;












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Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;












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






(1)  
            OJ C 75, 28.2.2023, p. 150.






P9_TC1-COD(2022)0132A


Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 October 2023 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2023/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009 and (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 693/2003 and (EC) No 694/2003 and Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure



(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2023/2667.)




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