On the draft for a Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2015/637 on the coordination and cooperation measures to facilitate consular protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries and Directive (EU) 2019/997 establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document
LIBE-PR-789005
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · Rapporteur: Lena Düpont
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This is the rapporteur's draft report on a Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2015/637 on consular protection for unrepresented EU citizens and Directive (EU) 2019/997 on the EU Emergency Travel Document.¶¶ The draft resolution approves the Commission proposal as amended and calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly.¶¶ It calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the approved text, and to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the proposal.¶¶ The amendments state that in a crisis situation the process for recognising an EU citizen as unrepresented should be kept as simple as possible, making the identification process quasi-automatic so member states and EU delegations can focus on providing protection.¶
Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament approve the Commission proposal as amended, call on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, and ask the Council to notify Parliament of any departure and to consult Parliament again on substantial amendments.¶¶¶
Key points
- Parliament approves the Commission proposal as amended.¶
- Parliament calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, in line with Article 293(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.¶
- Parliament calls on the Council to notify it if the Council intends to depart from the text Parliament approved.¶
- Parliament asks the Council to consult it again if the Council intends to substantially amend the Commission proposal.¶
- The amended text states that where a crisis situation exists, the process leading to recognition of an EU citizen as unrepresented should be kept as simple as possible.¶
- This general criterion will allow member states and EU delegations to focus on providing protection to EU citizens by making the identification process to establish a list quasi-automatic.
Who is affected
- Unrepresented EU citizens in third countries, who would benefit from a simpler recognition process in crisis situations.¶
- Member states and EU delegations, which would focus on providing protection as the identification process becomes quasi-automatic.
Legal basis: Article 23(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶