Dossier · Ordinary legislative procedure
Amending short-stay visas regulation (EU) 2018/1806) as regards Vanuatu
- Reference
- 2024/0128(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 14 January 2025 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Published as law
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (5)
- Rapporteur
- Paulo CUNHA
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 27 Nov 2024 · Passed
- Versions
- 3 versions
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- 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
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
- Rapporteur
- Paulo CUNHA (EPP)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Matjaž NEMEC (S&D), Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE (Patriots), Sebastian TYNKKYNEN (ECR), Irena JOVEVA (Renew), Jaume ASENS LLODRÀ (Greens), Damien CARÊME (The Left)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Nov 2024 | Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu | New laws | Passed | 627 for, 6 against, 37 abstained by roll call |
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).
- 27 Nov 2024 Final vote
Adopted 627–6–37
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- Divided
Add members’ columns
Versions, 3
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament27 Nov 2024
Adopted text TA10-0047/2024 TA-10-2024-0047
Tabled for plenary21 Nov 2024
Report A10-0015/2024 A-10-2024-0015
Committee draft3 Oct 2024
Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-764972
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0047/2024: 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.
- Report A10-0015/2024: 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.
- Draft report (LIBE): 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.
What changed, 2
Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0015/2024 → Adopted text TA10-0047/2024
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
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 Draft report (LIBE) → Report A10-0015/2024
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.
Timeline, 7
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 2 steps · 19 Dec 2024–14 Jan 2025
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 · 21 Nov 2024–27 Nov 2024
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 · 16 Sept 2024–21 Nov 2024
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.
Connections
Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
Texts voted on
- Text REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu Report A10-0015/2024 27 Nov 2024
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Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2024). “Amending short-stay visas regulation (EU) 2018/1806) as regards Vanuatu”. Dossier, 27 November 2024. procId 2024-0128, reference 2024/0128(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0128 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F0128(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-0128 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2024-0128,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{Amending short-stay visas regulation (EU) 2018/1806) as regards Vanuatu}},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-11-27},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0128}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-0128},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2024-0128, reference 2024/0128(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F0128(COD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
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