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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
Versions
3 versions

Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 16 September 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 21 November 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 21 November 2024
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 27 November 2024
  5. Negotiations with the Council (done)
  6. 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

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
27 Nov 2024Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards Vanuatu New lawsPassed627 for, 6 against, 37 abstained by roll call

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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).

  1. 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
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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament27 Nov 2024

    Adopted text TA10-0047/2024 TA-10-2024-0047

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  2. Tabled for plenary21 Nov 2024

    Report A10-0015/2024 A-10-2024-0015

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  3. 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.

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What changed, 2

Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.

  1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0015/2024 → Adopted text TA10-0047/2024

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    The versions differ only in formal points: the committee report's explanatory text is replaced by the adopted position's reference.

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  2. 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.

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Timeline, 7

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 2 steps · 19 Dec 2024–14 Jan 2025
  1. 14 January 2025

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  2. 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
  1. 27 November 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 27 Nov 2024 Adopted text TA10-0047/2024Report A10-0015/2024

  2. 21 November 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0015/2024

Committee stage 3 steps · 16 Sept 2024–21 Nov 2024
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    Draft report (LIBE)

  3. 16 September 2024

    Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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25 September 2026

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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)}
}