2022/0132B(COD)COM(2022)658

Schengen area: amending the Visa Sticker Regulation

Amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure

Stage: In force, reached 7 Dec 2023
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Lead DG: DG HOME
Commissioner: Ylva Johansson
Last activity: 7 Dec 2023
Legal basis: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated version 2010)

14 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 7 Dec 2023.

Show the earlier record: 4 dates, 1 Jan 2021 to 15 Feb 2023

1 Jan 2021
- Inception impact assessment closed: Digitalisation of visa procedures, 6 responses · Commission
3 Jun 2021
- Public consultation closed: Digitalisation of visa procedures, 515 responses · Commission
24 Jun 2022
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Digitalisation of visa procedures, 8 responses · Commission
15 Feb 2023
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate

29 Jun 2023
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
- Committee report adopted
13 Jul 2023
- Referred to committee
20 Sept 2023
- Tabled for plenary
17 Oct 2023
- Debate in plenary
18 Oct 2023
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
20 Nov 2023
- Plenary sitting
22 Nov 2023
- Signed
7 Dec 2023
- Published in the Official Journal

1 amendment

Amendments

Tabled on 11 Oct 2023.

By author

Juan Fernando López Aguilar1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.

By article

–1

7 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0268/2023Parliament
Proposal · COM(2022)0658Parliament
Text adopted · OJ L 000 07.12.2023, p. 0000Commission
Agenda · PE754.714Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2023/2685Commission
Text adopted · SP(2023)591Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0371/2023Parliament

1 consultation

Consultations on it

The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Where we publish the positions filed, the title opens them here.

Consultation	Feedback deadline	Feedback received
Digitalisation of visa procedures Who filed what · Follow the consultation	24 Jun 2022	529

Summary

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This regulation introduces a digital visa sticker for the Schengen area, replacing the current physical visa label in passports. It primarily affects visa applicants, consular authorities, and border control agencies. The legislation was signed in November 2023 and entered into force in December 2023.

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