Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. Third report on the implementation by Ukraine of the action plan on visa liberalisation

The EU-Ukraine Visa Dialogue to examine the conditions for visa-free travel for citizens of Ukraine to the EU was launched on 29 October 2008. The Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation (VLAP) was presented to Ukraine by the Commission on 22 November 2010.

The VLAP sets a series of precise benchmarks for Ukraine on four ‘blocks’ of relevant issues, with a view to both the adoption of a legislative, policy and institutional framework (phase 1) and its effective and sustainable implementation (phase 2).

The Commission has regularly reported to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the VLAP. This Report is the third progress report on the first phase of the VLAP, presenting a comprehensive and consolidated assessment by the Commission of the progress made by Ukraine in meeting the first-phase benchmarks of the VLAP relating to the establishment of the legislative, policy and institutional framework.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)809: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:809:FIN

ESO: Background Information: Commission assesses the implementation of Visa Liberalisation Action Plans by Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-assesses-the-implementation-of-visa-liberalisation-action-plans-by-moldova-ukraine-and-georgia/

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