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Mr President, Mr Nogueira Román, each Member State of the European Union lays down its own conditions for granting nationality. Any citizen holding nationality of a Member State has the right to move and settle freely throughout the territory of the Union’s Member States, under the provisions laid down in Community law.
In the case of dual nationality, citizens can invoke laws arising from citizenship of the Union. The Commission takes the view, therefore, that the existence of cases of dual nationality in relations between Spain, Portugal and various Latin American countries is covered by existing legislation. With regard to visa policy towards Latin America, Regulation No 539/2001 lays down the lists of third countries whose nationals are subject to visa requirements or who are exempt from such requirements.
Following up the conclusions of the Seville European Summit, the Commission sent a questionnaire to the Member States, in the aim of re-examining the lists of third countries annexed to the aforementioned regulation. The Member States’ answers can provide a number of suggestions, on the basis of which the Commission will perhaps be able to present a proposal for an amendment to the regulation. The criteria used to determine the lists are defined in the first phrase of the fifth recital of the regulation. Determining which third countries’ nationals are subject to visa requirements and which countries’ nationals are not is undertaken by means of a detailed assessment, on a case-by-case basis, using various criteria, particularly concerning illegal immigration, public order and security and the Union’s external relations with the third countries. At the same time, account is taken of the implications for regional coherence and of the principle of reciprocity. Any decision by the Council in this field is adopted by qualified majority, once the European Parliament has been consulted."@en1
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