Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0128(COD)
Amending short-stay visas regulation (EU) 2018/1806) as regards Vanuatu
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · First reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 January 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 16 September 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 21 November 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 21 November 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 27 November 2024
- Negotiations with the Council(done)
- Published as law(done) 14 January 2025
Decided in plenary
27 November 2024 · decision 1
Migration & asylum, New EU law
Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu
Passed 627 for · 6 against · 37 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The proposal amends Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 to remove Vanuatu from the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement for short stays in the EU.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the committee report's explanatory text is replaced by the adopted position's reference.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Paulo Cunha (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Tom Vandendriessche (Patriots), Sebastian Tynkkynen (ECR), Irena Joveva (Renew), Jaume Asens Llodrà (Greens), Damien Carême (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 27 Nov 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation amends Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 to suspend visa exemption for Vanuatu nationals due to citizenship-by-investment schemes.
Tabled for plenary· 21 Nov 2024
AI summary:Parliament's position at first reading on the proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu, taking over the Commission proposal to suspend visa-free access for Vanuatu nationals due to security concerns from its citizenship-by-investment programs.
Committee draft· 3 Oct 2024
AI summary:The draft report concerns a Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 to remove Vanuatu from the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from the visa requirement. The rapporteur supports the proposal without amendments.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
14 January 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
19 December 2024
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps
27 November 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 27 Nov 2024 Adopted text TA10-0047/2024Report A10-0015/2024
21 November 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
21 November 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
3 October 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
16 September 2024
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0128(COD)