Finalised Text and I/A Item Note for a Recommendation to Facilitate the Issue of Short-Stay Visas for Researchers, and I/A item Notes for a Council Recommendation and Directive on Facilitating the Adm

Brussels, 12 Jul 2005

"I/A" Item Note: Council Directive on a Specific Procedure for Admitting Third-Country Nationals for the Purposes of Scientific Research
Full text of Document 10510/05
Suite of documents 10510/05

No. Cion prop.: 7815/04 MIGR 18 VISA 57 RECH 65 COMPET 46
Subject: Council Directive on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research
COMMON GUIDELINES
Consultation deadline: 18 July 2005

1. The proposal for the above Directive, based on Article 63 of the EC Treaty, was submitted by the Commission to the Council on 30 March 2004.

2. The purpose of this Directive is to define a common specific procedure for admitting third- country nationals for the specific purpose of conducting scientific research in the territory of the Member States of the EU. To this end, it defines the third-country nationals to whom this procedure may apply and the conditions to which their admission is submitted. Moreover, it defines the statute that the third-country nationals admitted may enjoy and also provides, under the conditions that it sets, the possibility of exercising mobility.

3. This proposal has been extensively examined by the relevant Council bodies, both at technical and political level.

4. The European Parliament has delivered its opinion on the proposal on 12 April 2005.1

5. The Economical and Social Committee and the Committee of Region have delivered their opinions respectively on 17 October 20042 and 17 November 20043.

6. At its meeting on 19 November 2004 the Council reached a general approach on this

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Finalised Text of Recommendation to Facilitate the Issue of Uniform Short-Stay Visas for Researchers
Full text of Document 3621/1/05 Revision 01
Suite of documents 3621/1/05

Subject: RECOMMENDATION of the European Parliament and of the Council to facilitate the issue by the Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research
COMMON GUIDELINES
Consultation deadline: 18.7.2005

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"I/A" Item Note: Proposed Recommendation to Facilitate the Issue of Uniform Short-Stay Visas for Researchers
Full text of Document 10914/05
Suite of documents 10914/05

No. Cion prop.: 7815/04 MIGR 18 VISA 57 RECH 65 COMPET 46 ­ COM(2004) 178 final
Subject: Proposal for a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council to facilitate the issue by Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the European Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research [first reading]
- Adoption of legislative act (LA)

1. On 17 March 2004 the Commission submitted the above proposal 1, based on Article 62(2)(b)(ii) TEC, to the Council.

2. The Economic and Social Committee gave its Opinion on October 2004 2 and the Committee of the Regions gave its Opinion on 17 November 2004 3.

3. The original procedure for adopting this Recommendation, namely consultation of the European Parliament, was replaced as from 1 May 2004 by the co-decision procedure referred to in Article 251 TEC.