went until
we hear
...Mrs Bannes Jones
(CD(1) tell me that the
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(Mr. Sweet?) ECD(1) are of the in wood now please check
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FM UKREP BRUSSELS TO IMMEDIATE ECO TELNO
1912
Shouldy
OF 250542Z AUGUST 93
INFO IMMEDIATE ATHENS,
with FCD(1)
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represents us? Wouth putting a buiet together? 2578.
BONN, BRUSSELS, LUXEMBOURG, MADRID
INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS, ROME, THE HAGUE, HONG KONG
from Brussels (see polio (3)
before taking any action on Itks telne 1363. (We also await a reply from Athens.)
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177002 MDHIAN 2740
FCO TELNO 196 TO ATHENS: INCLUSION OF HONG KONG ON COMMON VISA LIST OF SCHENGEN COUNTRIES
SUMMARY
1. THE COMMISSION ARE WORKING ON THE DRAFT DIRECTIVE ESTABLISHING AN EC WIDE VISA REGIME, AND WILL GIVE A PROGRESS REPORT TO THE VISA SUBGROUP ON 7 SEPTEMBER. THE COMMISSION DID NOT KNOW OF THE PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE HONG KONG IN THE SCHENGEN LIST.
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2.
ON HIS RETURN FROM LEAVE, WE SPOKE TO FORTESCUE (COMMISSION SECRETARIAT-GENERAL) ABOUT COMMISSION WORK ON THE DIRECTIVE AND COMMON VISA LIST (CVL) WHICH WILL HAVE TO BE AGREED UNDER ARTICLE 100C EEC (AS AMENDED BY THE MAASTRICHT TREATY). (FORTESCUE'S DIRECTORATE CO-ORDINATES COMMISSION POLICY ON THE MATTERS COVERED BY THE INTERIOR AND HOME AFFAIRS PROVISIONS OF THE MAASTRICHT
TREATY).
3. ACCORDING TO FORTESCUE, THE COMMISSION ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT DIRECTIVE UNDER ARTICLE 100C, BUT NO FORMAL PROPOSAL WILL BE MADE UNTIL AFTER THE MAASTRICHT TREATY HAS ENTERED INTO FORCE. HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION (AT THE REQUEST OF THE BELGIAN PRESIDENCY) INTEND TO GIVE AN INFORMAL PROGRESS REPORT TO THE MEETING OF THE VISA SUBGROUP SCHEDULED FOR 7 SEPTEMBER. THE COMMISSION HOPE THIS WILL PROVOKE A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES IN THIS AREA, SO THAT THE COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE VIEWS OF MEMBER STATES FULLY INTO ACCOUNT IN ANY FORMAL PROPOSALS THEY EVENTUALLY MAKE.
4.
WE MENTIONED TO FORTESCUE CON AN INFORMAL BASIS) THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 OF TUR. HE WAS SURPRISED THAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SCHENGEN LIST. HIS INITIAL (PERSONAL) VIEW WAS THAT A SIMILAR DIFFICULTY WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO ARISE IN RELATION TO A DIRECTIVE UNDER ARTICLE 100C: A CVL
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