Revision of Schengen short-stay visa procedures (recast)

18 submissions in the snapshot (4 from organisations), portal total 18. Feedback list on the portal.

4 of 4 organisation submissions analysed; the model reads them as: supports 1 wants changes 3

• Equilex Arbitration & Consulting Business association, BEL; register: Professional consultancies model reads as: wants changes source
  • Clarify the safeguards concerning restrictive measures that target specific categories of travellers.

    the safeguards surrounding restrictive measures targeting certain categories of travellers

    machine translation by the Commission, original in FR
  • Further define the practical application of the principle of proportionality.

    the practical application of the principle of proportionality

    machine translation by the Commission, original in FR
  • Specify the criteria that apply to business travellers and reliable undertakings.

    the criteria applicable to business travellers and undertakings considered to be reliable

    machine translation by the Commission, original in FR
• DigitalTrade4.EU Other, EST; register: Other organisations, public or mixed entities model reads as: wants changes source
  • Enable competent authorities to use trustworthy, machine-verifiable supporting evidence alongside ordinary documents.

    DigitalTrade4.EU proposes that the revised visa framework move beyond digital document upload and enable competent authorities to use trustworthy, machine-verifiable supporting evidence where it is available, legally appropriate and proportionate to the evidentiary purpose.

  • Ensure the implementation is technology-neutral, incremental, and avoids unnecessary visa-specific databases.

    Implementation should be technology-neutral, incremental and use-case-driven, should avoid unnecessary visa-specific databases or compulsory real-time connections to foreign registries, and should reuse shared validation capabilities where feasible.

  • Use trusted business travellers as a practical first use case for the new framework.

    Trusted business travellers provide a practical first use case, while third-country evidence interoperability should be approached through proportionate assurance and controlled piloting rather than blanket legal or technical equivalence.

• TLS Group Company, FRA; register: Companies & groups model reads as: wants changes source
  • Reintroduce the capacity parameter proposed in COM(2022)658 to manage application intake.

    We suggest reintroducing the capacity parameter proposed in COM(2022)658 (applications accepted per week or month).

  • Align ESP tasks across regulations, clarify remote pre-check scope, and provide clear criteria for in-person appearances.

    Article 43(5) of the Visa Code and Article 7f(1) of the VIS Regulation list ESP tasks differently; the recast could align them and clarify the scope of ESP pre-checks through the platform, with a simple way to request a missing document before transmission, separate from the assessment.

  • Introduce common minimum requirements to combat automated slot booking and resale, alongside transparent slot release.

    Common minimum requirements against automated booking and resale, and on transparent release of slots, applied by whoever operates the booking system and reflected in the legal instrument with the ESP, would address a concern raised by many applicants.

• VFS Global Company, BEL; register: Companies & groups model reads as: supports source