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Regulation (EU) No 1211/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 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| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2010/1211 |
| Original proposal | COM(2010)358  |
| CELEX number i | 32010R1211 |
| Document | 15-12-2010 |
|---|---|
| Publication in Official Journal | 22-12-2010; OJ L 339, 22.12.2010,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 19 Volume 010 |
| Effect | 11-01-2011; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 2 |
| End of validity | 17-12-2018; Repealed by 32018R1806 |
22.12.2010 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 339/6 |
REGULATION (EU) No 1211/2010 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 December 2010
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 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
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 77(2)(a) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) |
The composition of the lists of third countries and territories in Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2) should be, and should remain, consistent with the criteria laid down in recital 5 of that Council Regulation. Third countries or territories for which the situation has changed as regards those criteria should be transferred from one Annex to the other. |
(2) |
The imposition of the visa requirement on the citizens of Taiwan is no longer justified, as, in particular, the territory does not represent any risk of illegal immigration or threat to public policy for the Union, and in the light of external relations, in accordance with the criteria set out in recital 5 of Regulation (EC) No 539/2001. Consequently the reference to that territory should be transferred to Annex II to that Regulation. Further, visa liberalisation should apply only to holders of passports issued by Taiwan which include an identity card number. |
(3) |
A reference to Northern Mariana should be deleted from Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, as the citizens of the territory in question are, as holders of US passports, citizens of the United States, which is listed in Annex II to that Regulation. |
(4) |
As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters’ association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (3), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, point (B), of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement (4). |
(5) |
As regards Switzerland, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (5), which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, points (B) and (C), of Decision 1999/437/EC, read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/146/EC (6). |
(6) |
As regards Liechtenstein, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the Protocol signed between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis, which fall within the area referred to in Article 1, points (B) and (C), of Decision 1999/437/EC, read in conjunction with Article 3 of Council Decision 2008/261/EC (7). |
(7) |
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