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EUROPEAN UNION DELEGATION TO THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT EU COORDINATION Cairo, 21 May 2014 LOCAL SCHENGEN COOPERATION (LSC) Arab Republic of Egypt 2013-2014 REPORT 32 1. Introduction Local Schengen Cooperation (LSC) between Schengen Member States in Egypt has continued systematically throughout the year under the coordination of the European Union Delegation to Egypt. Local Schengen Cooperation meetings are held four times a year and are convened and chaired by the EU Delegation while Consular Cooperation meetings are chaired by the country holding the Presidency of the Council of the EU. Consular Cooperation meetings are generally organised back-to-back with LSC meetings. During the reporting period, Ireland, Lithuania and Greece chaired the Consular Cooperation group. With the exception of Luxembourg, all EU Schengen Member States are represented in Cairo. All Schengen Member States, including Norway and Switzerland, are part of the group (Belgium represents Luxembourg). Most Schengen Member States continued to attend the group's meetings on a regular basis. Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Greece, France, Spain and Sweden have outsourced the collection of visa applications to external service providers. 2. LSC meetings held in 2013-2014 During the reporting period, four LSC meetings were held 33 . All meetings were well attended. All meetings were chaired by the EU Delegation to the Arab Republic of Egypt. No co- chairing took place. For each meeting, the EU Delegation drafted the agenda, coordinated the demarches agreed during LSC meetings, drafted and circulated the minutes, and collected all the information needed for coordination efforts. The EU Delegation to Egypt has encouraged Member States to share these reports with their capitals. 32 33 April 2013 - April 2014 22 May 2013, 25 September 2013, 20 November 2013, 19 February 2014 12893/14 PR/lm 69 DG D 1 A EN
Coordination with Member States represented in Alexandria (France, Greece, Italy and Spain) took place. These Consulates were included in the mailing list of the EU Delegation and therefore received the same information as the Consulates in Cairo. 3. State of play 3.1 Application and revision of the Visa Code During the reporting period, the EU Delegation to Egypt chaired and provided the secretariat to the group. The EU Delegation liaised on a regular basis with the European Commission - DG HOME to ensure that it had a correct understanding and mastering of the Visa Code and its amendments, as well as to provide timely clarifications on the Code's implementation to Local Schengen Member States representatives. The EU Delegation coordinated the input from Member States regarding the revision of the Visa Code. The Cairo LSC Group was one of the 20 groups that shared their view on the revision of the Visa Code. Most comments related to the redrafting of the same approximately 10 articles. The Cairo LSC group made recommendations mainly pertaining to such items as • The 15 day period to organise appointments • The harmonisation of the visa fee (in local currency) • The competence of airline companies to assess migratory risks • The need to reinforce return controls • The exemptions for biometrics, etc. The EU Delegation strived to fulfil its local coordinating role in the field and to provide quality support and feedback to Local Schengen Member States representatives, upon request. 3.2 Assessment of the need to harmonise the lists of supporting documents The harmonised list of supporting was adopted by the Visa Committee in November 2011 and subsequently adopted by the European Commission on 27 February 2012. It entered into force on 1 March 2012. The LSC group also translated the list into Arabic. The LSC Group held a discussion on the so-called Movement certificate. According to article 1.1 of the harmonised list, a movement certificate or so-called Mogamma certificate is requested for first time applicants and for applicants that have lost their passport. This certificate allows Member States to assess the migratory and security risk that an applicant poses, by giving the travel details of this applicant for the last seven years. The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested the Member States to limit the use of this movement certificate by exempting three categories of travellers: • Those who have previously obtained an EU entry or departure visa without problems 12893/14 PR/lm 70 DG D 1 A EN
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