# Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism

European Parliament procedure 2023/0371(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 9th term, committee LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 128 committee amendments tabled by 17 Members between 2024-03-18 and 2024-03-18.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns a revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism. The amendments revise recitals on strengthening the temporary suspension of visa exemptions for nationals of listed third countries, broadening grounds and clarifying thresholds and procedures, the Commission's monitoring and reporting, and triggers such as abuse of visa-free travel, hybrid threats, breaches of human-rights and humanitarian law, investor citizenship schemes, and increases in refused entries, irregular stays and asylum applications.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tineke STRIK | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 84 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197772.md |
| Malik AZMANI | Netherlands | RE | 64 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197781.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 64 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Moritz KÖRNER | Germany | RE | 64 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197445.md |
| Jan-Christoph OETJEN | Germany | RE | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197432.md |
| Matjaž NEMEC | Slovenia | S&D | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/233862.md |
| Miguel URBÁN CRESPO | Spain | GUE/NGL | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/131507.md |
| Jaak MADISON | Estonia | ECR | 14 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197493.md |
| Charlie WEIMERS | Sweden | ECR | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/123562.md |
| Patryk JAKI | Poland | ECR | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197516.md |
| Vincenzo SOFO | Italy | ECR | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204334.md |
| Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA | Spain | PfE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197829.md |
| Pirkko RUOHONEN-LERNER | Finland | ECR | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/132366.md |
| Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL | Spain | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197777.md |
| Javier ZARZALEJOS | Spain | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197606.md |

## Official source documents

- PE759.969: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-759969_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2023-0371-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2023-0371-COD.json

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