What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

Change 63

Removed:Necessary for internal coherence and linked to the recast's aim of enhancing intra-EU mobility.

Added:Article 26 – paragraph 5: 5. The procedure laid down in Article 7 shall apply to the presentation and examination of applications for EU long-term resident status in the second Member State. Article 8 shall apply for the issuance of the residence permit. Where the application is rejected, the procedural guarantees provided for by Article 10 shall apply. A decision to reject an application for mobility shall take into account the specific circumstances of the case and shall respect the principle of proportionality.

Removed:Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. The Member State may reject an application for an EU long-term residence permit where: / (a) the conditions set in paragraph 2 and 2a are not complied with; / (b) the documents presented have been fraudulently acquired, with the knowledge of an applicant; / (c) the EU long-term resident poses a threat to public policy and public security in accordance with Article 6 of this Directive.

Added:Article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. Member States shall provide information to applicants for an EU long-term resident permit in a language that they are likely to understand as determined by the Member State concerned.

Removed:Necessary for internal coherence and linked to recast’s objective of protection third-country nationals against expulsion and enhancing procedural safeguards.

Added:Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) on the documentary evidence needed for an application and on rights and procedures related to living and working in a second Member State under relevant Union and national labour law and practice;

Removed:Article 26 – paragraph 5: 5. The procedure laid down in Article 7 shall apply to the presentation and examination of applications for EU long-term resident status in the second Member State. Article 8 shall apply for the issuance of the residence permit. Where the application is rejected, the procedural guarantees provided for by Article 10 shall apply. Without prejudice to paragraph 4 of this Article, a decision to reject an application for mobility shall take account of specific circumstances of the case and shall respect the principle of proportionality.

Added:Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) on the status acquisition and residence conditions applicable to third-country nationals and to their family members, including their rights and obligations and the procedural safeguards under this Directive and under relevant Union and national law and practice.

Removed:Necessary for internal coherence and in accordance with the principle of proportionality.

Added:Article 27 – paragraph 2: 2. Where Member States issue national residence permits in accordance with Article 14, they shall ensure the same access to information on the EU long-term resident permit as the one provided with respect to such national residence permits. During the application process, the Member State issuing a permit shall inform the applicant, in writing, of the possibility of obtaining an EU long-term residence permit and the possibility to retain national and EU long-term resident permits simultaneously. Member States shall ensure accessibility to information for persons with disabilities.

Change 64

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Change 65

Removed:Linked to the provisions in this Article, which falls under the recast procedure.

Added:Article 28 – paragraph 2: In the aforementioned report, the Commission shall specifically assess the impacts of the required residence period set out in Article 4(1) on the integration of third-country nationals, taking into account, inter alia, the different factors relevant for the integration of third-country nationals across Member States.

Removed:Article 29 – paragraph 1: Member States shall appoint contact points who will be responsible for receiving and transmitting the information and documentation referred to in Articles 8, 13, 21, 22, 25 and 26.

Removed:Necessary for internal coherence and linked to the changes introduced in Article 9, which is under the recast procedure.