Considerations on COM(2018)176 - Signing of the Agreement with Brazil amending the Agreement with Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports

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dossier COM(2018)176 - Signing of the Agreement with Brazil amending the Agreement with Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, ...
document COM(2018)176 EN
date November 26, 2018
 
table>(1)Regulation (EU) No 610/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) introduced horizontal changes in the Union's visa and border acquis and defined a short stay as a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period.
(2)It is necessary to incorporate this new definition into the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports (2) in order to harmonise the Union's short-stay regime.

(3)On 9 October 2014, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with the Federative Republic of Brazil for an agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil amending the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports (‘the Agreement’). Negotiations on the Agreement were successfully finalised by the initialling thereof on 31 October 2017.

(4)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.

(5)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.

(6)The Agreement should be signed and the text of the declaration annexed to this Decision as well as the text of the joint declarations attached to the Agreement should be approved, on behalf of the Union,