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"Mr President, the European Council of Seville of 21 and 22 June 2002 fixed a certain number of priorities in the fight against illegal immigration, and revision of Regulation 539/2001 on visas before the end of 2002 was definitely one of them.
The Commission has a monopoly on initiatives in this field but considered it appropriate to profit from the experience of the Member States and collect from them, via a specific questionnaire, relevant information regarding the criteria on the basis of which third country nationals are subject to, or exempt from, visas. The answers of the Member States converged essentially on two factors: a significant rise in illegal immigration from Ecuador and respect of the reciprocity principle as regards visas. In this last respect, it was noted that certain third countries exempted from visas do not grant, or grant in only a limited way, visa exemptions to nationals of certain Member States.
Taking into account these two aspects, the Commission proposed transferring Ecuador to Annex 1 of Regulation 539/2001 which lists the third countries whose nationals are subject to the visa obligation.
In addition, we propose to submit a report to the Council and the European Parliament on the implications of reciprocity as regards visas.
The Commission is very pleased with the collaboration of the European Parliament, which dealt with this proposal promptly, and appreciates very much Mr Hernandez Mollar's report confirming our approach. We congratulate the rapporteur."@en1
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