Press Release: Commission recommends the negotiation of Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements with Western Balkans countries

The Commission recommended on 20 July 2006 that the Council open negotiations on agreements to facilitate the procedures for issuing short-stay visas and on readmission between the European Community and the Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia. As concerns Albania, a Community Readmission Agreement has been in force since May 2006. Therefore for this country only a draft mandate for a visa facilitation agreement is proposed.

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European Commission: MEMO/06/429: Joint Statement by Vice President Franco FRATTINI Commissioner responsible for Justice Freedom and Security and by Commissioner Olli REHN responsible for enlargement on the adoption of visa readmission mandates for the Western Balkans http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/429&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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