Considerations on COM(2016)192 - Signing and provisional application of the Agreement with the Federated States of Micronesia on the short-stay visa waiver

Please note

This page contains a limited version of this dossier in the EU Monitor.

 
dossier COM(2016)192 - Signing and provisional application of the Agreement with the Federated States of Micronesia on the short-stay visa waiver.
document COM(2016)192 EN
date June 24, 2016
 
table>(1)Regulation (EU) No 509/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) transferred the reference to the Federated States of Micronesia from Annex I to Annex II of Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (2).
(2)That reference to the Federated States of Micronesia is accompanied by a footnote indicating that the exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the European Union.

(3)On 9 October 2014, the Council adopted a decision authorising the Commission to open negotiations with the Federated States of Micronesia for the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Federated States of Micronesia on the short-stay visa waiver (the ‘Agreement’).

(4)Negotiations on the Agreement were opened on 17 December 2014 and were successfully finalised by the initialling thereof, by Exchange of Letters, on 16 December 2015 by the Federated States of Micronesia and on 13 January 2016 by the Union.

(5)The Agreement should be signed, and the declarations attached to the Agreement should be approved, on behalf of the Union. The Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis as from the day following the date of signature thereof, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion.

(6)This Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which the United Kingdom does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC (3); the United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

(7)This Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC (4); Ireland is therefore not taking part in the adoption of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application,