Legal provisions of COM(2002)679 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement

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dossier COM(2002)679 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when ...
document COM(2002)679 EN
date March  6, 2003


Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 shall be amended as follows:

1. in Annex I:

(a) 'East Timor' shall be moved from Part 2 (Entities and territorial authorities that are not recognised as States by at least one Member State) to Part 1 (States), where it shall appear before 'Egypt';

(b) 'Ecuador' shall be inserted in Part 1, where it shall appear between 'East Timor' and 'Egypt';

2. 'Ecuador' and 'Switzerland' shall be deleted from Part 1 of Annex II.

Article 2

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council no later than 30 June 2003 on the implications of reciprocity and, if necessary, shall present appropriate proposals.

Article 3

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2. Member States shall apply the visa requirement with regard to nationals of Ecuador as from 1 June 2003.


This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.