Saturday, December 19, 2015

European Commission Progress Report: Georgia meets criteria for visa liberalisation (18/12/2015)

Today, the Commission adopted an action plan for liberalization of the visa (VLAP) performance in the fourth, the last It focused on. The report emphasizes that the significant progress in the visa liberalization benchmarks.
The positive assessment of the report and in general, relations between Georgia and the European Union, the European Commission will present a legislative proposal in early 2016, the owner of the biometric passports of visa requirements for the citizens of the - of the European Commission in 2001, 539 of the regulation of the relevant amendments.Read more after the cut


European Commissioner for Migration, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris avramopulosma said: "I am especially happy that the biometric passports of citizens will soon be able Schengen short-term visa-free travel. Georgian citizens for the benefit of achieving this goal in the last three years, the government of the hard work has paid off ".
Georgia-EU visa dialogue is an important and effective tool turned out to be particularly far-reaching and complex reforms of justice, interior, and many other areas. In addition to the criteria for visa liberalization action plan, Georgia has taken an even more far-reaching steps toward reforming the judiciary and also the prosecution.
European Commission assessment, and in June 2012 the EU-Georgia visa dialogue since the launch of continuous monitoring and reporting based on the results, the European Commission believes that Georgia has made the necessary progress, and carried out all the necessary reforms of the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan (VLAP) The second phase of the four blocks into consideration all the criteria effectively and sustainably meet. Georgia has carried out activities which are required for visa liberalization action plan for the implementation of the third report, with recommendations, to ensure that the appropriate legal framework for effective and sustainable development of such areas, such as migration management, asylum policy, the fight against corruption, drugs, human trafficking, money laundering, law enforcement cooperation, citizens rights.

Source:http://eeas.europa.eu/

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