Recitals
- Recital (1)Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament and of the Council lists the third countries whose nationals are to be in possession…
- Recital (2)The Republic of Vanuatu is listed in Part 1 of Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as a third country whose nationals are exempt from the…
- Recital (3)Since 25 May 2015, Vanuatu has been operating investor citizenship schemes through which third-country nationals who would otherwise be…
- Recital (4)As the granting of citizenship by Vanuatu under its investor citizenship schemes was deemed to constitute a circumvention of the Union…
- Recital (5)On 27 April 2022, the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/693, which temporarily suspended the visa exemption for…
- Recital (6)In the period following 4 May 2022, the date on which the temporary suspension of the visa exemption began to apply, and pursuant to…
- Recital (7)Due to the persistence of the circumstances which led to the temporary suspension of the visa exemption and the lack of engagement on the…
- Recital (8)Pursuant to Article 8(6), first subparagraph, point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, the Commission adopted Delegated Regulation (EU)…
- Recital (9)In the period following 4 February 2023, the date on which Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/222 began to apply, the Commission continued the…
- Recital (10)Most of the concerns that relate to the investor citizenship schemes operated by Vanuatu and that were outlined by the Commission in…
- Recital (11)The investor citizenship schemes operated by Vanuatu still do not contain any requirement for applicants to actually reside or be…
- Recital (12)Applications continue to be processed within very short deadlines. For example, the screening and due diligence process for applications…
- Recital (13)In March 2023, Vanuatu amended its Citizenship Act by replacing the institutions responsible for screening and carrying out due diligence…
- Recital (14)The countries of origin of successful applicants in 2022 and 2023 include mostly countries whose nationals are subject to the visa…
- Recital (15)Before 2021, persons who acquired Vanuatu citizenship through an investor citizenship scheme could also subsequently apply for a name…
- Recital (16)While Vanuatu informed the Commission that, based on its case law, it is possible to revoke citizenship where it was obtained fraudulently…
- Recital (17)Pursuant to Article 8(7) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, before Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/222 ceased to apply, the Commission submitted…
- Recital (18)Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 should therefore be amended by transferring the reference to Vanuatu from Part 1 of Annex II to Part 1 of Annex I…
- Recital (19)As regards Iceland and Norway, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the…
- Recital (20)As regards Switzerland, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the…
- Recital (21)As regards Liechtenstein, this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis within the meaning of the…
- Recital (22)This Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in which Ireland does not take part, in accordance with…
- Recital (23)As regards Cyprus, this Regulation constitutes an act building upon, or otherwise relating to, the Schengen acquis within the meaning of…
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