The shipowners plaudono to the proposals of the EU commission in order to return the norms in matter of visas more flexible



The EU commission has introduced proposed in order to return the norms in matter of visas more flexible, abbreviando and simplifying the procedures for the petitioners the visa for stays of short duration, with the objective of a saving in terms of costs and a reduction of the bureaucracy, also guaranteeing the level of safety, let alone to promote the increase and the creation of places of work.

"Europe - the European commissioner for the internal Transactions has explained, Cecilia Malmström - needs politics of the visas more intelligent. We need to attract in our territory more tourists, people of transactions, investigators, students, artists and professionals of the culture. We now intend to throw again the economy and to create new places of work being emphasized the economic dimension of our politics in matter of visas, also maintaining a high level of safety to the external frontiers. The today's proposals will remarkablly facilitate the procedures for the resident ones of short duration. We expect that the proposed new carry in the next few years to a considerable increment of the travellers".

"Our proposal - it has agreed the vice president of the EU commission, Antonio Tajani, responsible for the Industry and the imprenditoria - will favor the European industry of tourism in an increasing moment international competition in which more and more countries they depend on tourism as increase factor. The normative new in matter of visas is the answer to this challenge. The brought modifications will help the industry of tourism to tackle to previewed the considerable increase of the tourist flows in Europe. Tourism is the engine of increase of Europe and has been the main bastion of the European economy during the recent crisis".

The proposal of the EU commission is received with favor, in particular, from the shipowners as - they have explained the European Community of Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), that it represents the interests of the shipowning associations of the nations EU and Norway, and CLIA Europe, that it represents the crocieristica industry in Europe - a first important constitutes "step in order to facilitate the release of the visas to the marine ones". "Some of the new measures that the EU commission proposes - have specified ECSA and CLIA Europe - they will be addressed to the removal of the administrative burdens and to facilitate the income of the marine ones in the Schengen Agreement area. This is sure the case of the new dispositions that postpone the period of validity of the visas for incomes multiples, abbreviando the period of time of the procedures and eliminating the necessity to carry out them personally. Not only these measures will bring certainties to the enterprises of navigation to the action to finalize employment contracts, but they will be also of great benefit for the seafarers that pass long periods of time in open sea and need flexibility in order to carry out own job correctly".

"Our crews - it has emphasized the general secretary of crocieristica association CLIA Europe, Robert Ashdown - constitute a fundamental part and of great value of the experience of our hosts. We compliment the EU commission for its efforts in order to facilitate their income in Europe, since the operating models of the crocieristiche companies demand to be able to transfer the crews all over the world. Some of the proposed measures will facilitate the transfer of the marine ones, that they will be forced in measure much minor to demand the visa to the last minute to the frontiers. This will have a positive impact on the way in which work the field of the cruises in Europe and moreover will help the crocieristici operators to contribute more still to the European economy".

"It is encouraging - it has found the general secretary of the ECSA, Patrick Verhoeven - to state that the EU commission has taken into consideration the particularitities of the field of the marine transports having proposed modifications that receive the necessities of the seafarers. During the last few years marine and the companies of navigation too much have often been confronted with administrative difficulties deriving from politics of the visas of the EU that have seriously hindered the fast boarding or the disembarkation of the marine ones in the ports of the European Union. With the proposed new of the Commission it is made an important step towards the facilitation of the visas for the marine ones".

Between the modifications of the norms in matter of visas proposed from the EU commission they figure the reduction from 15 to 10 days of the term for the accomplishment of the question and the consequent decision, the possibility to introduce the question of visa near the consulate of another Member States of the EU if the competent Member States present neither is not represented in the territory of the petitioner, facilities to the habitual travellers included the obligatory release of a valid visa for incomes multiples for three years, the introduction of a simplified module of question and the possibility to introduce the visa questions online also.