Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the draft joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning the provision of equipment for the detection of false or falsified documents in the visa departments of diplomatic representations abroad and in the offices of domestic authorities dealing with the issue or extension of visas (5271/99 - C4-0056/99 99/0903(CNS))(Consultation procedure)
22. 6. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 177/23 Tuesday 23 March 1999 Legislative resolution embodying Parliament’s opinion on the draft joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K. 3 of the Treaty on European Union on the improved exchange of information to combat counterfeit travel documents (5003/99 − C4-0057/99 − 99/0904(CNS)) (Consultation procedure) The European Parliament, − having regard to the Council draft, 5003/99 − 99/0904(CNS), − having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article K. 6(2) of the Treaty on European Union (C4-0057/99), − having regard to Rule 58 of its Rules of Procedure, − having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs (A4-0112/99), 1. 2. Approves the Council draft, subject to Parliament’s amendments; Calls on the Council to alter its draft accordingly; Calls on the Council to notify Parliament and consult it again should it intend to depart from the text 3. approved by Parliament; 4. Instructs its President to forward this opinion to the Council and Commission. II. Draft joint action adopted by the Council on the basis of Article K. 3 of the Treaty on European Union concerning the provision of equipment for the detection of false or falsified documents in the visa departments of diplomatic representations abroad and in the offices of domestic authorities dealing with the issue or extension of visas (5271/99 − C4-0056/99 − 99/0903(CNS)) The draft was approved with the following amendments: COUNCIL DRAFT AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT (Amendment 19) Citation 1a (new) Having regard to the initiative of Germany, (Amendment 7) Citation 1b (new) Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, (Amendment 8) Recital –1 (new) Whereas Article K. 1 stipulates that without prejudice to the powers of the European Community, Member States shall regard the following areas as matters of common interest: − rules governing the crossing by persons of the external borders of the Member States and the exercise of controls thereon;