External borders: simplified regime for control of persons, unilateral recognition by new Member States of documents issued by Schengen States as equivalent to their national visas for the purpose of transit

The European Parliament adopted the report by Michael CASHMAN (PES, UK) broadly approving the proposed decision introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the ten new Member States of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories. (Please refer to the summary dated 06/03/2006).