| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2016) 276 final (4.5.16) |
| Publication Date | 04/05/2016 |
| Content Type | Policy-making, Report |
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The European Commission launched a visa liberalisation dialogue with Kosovo on 19 January 2012. On 14 June 2012, it handed over to Kosovo a roadmap, which identified all the legislation and other measures that Kosovo needed to adopt and implement to advance towards visa liberalisation. The Commission adopted three previous reports on Kosovo’s progress in the visa dialogue: the first on 8 February 2013, the second on 24 July 2014, and the third on 18 December 2015. These reports contained an assessment of progress made by Kosovo, recommendations to the Kosovo authorities and statistical data about the potential migratory and security impacts of visa liberalisation. In its third report, the Commission set out eight recommendations corresponding to eight outstanding requirements of the visa roadmap, including four key priorities. It noted that one of the requirements - Kosovo’s ratification of the border/boundary delineation agreement with Montenegro - would need to be completed before Kosovo is transferred to the visa-free list. Building upon the outcome of a technical assessment mission to Kosovo on 17-18 March 2016, the present report sets out the Commission’s assessment of Kosovo’s progress in fulfilling the outstanding eight requirements of the visa roadmap. It draws upon documents submitted by Kosovo, reports drafted by EU Member States’ experts participating in the assessment mission of 17-18 March 2016, information provided by EUROPOL, FRONTEX, EASO and EULEX, as well as statistical data compiled by EUROSTAT and supplied by Member States. The migration and security impact assessment of visa liberalisation for Kosovo, as well as the set of measures that Kosovo has implemented since December 2015 to prevent an irregular migration crisis, are set out in the accompanying staff working document. |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2016:276:FIN |
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| Countries / Regions | Kosovo |
