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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/visas

German circulars on visas were in breach of Community law, but have been put right, Commission says

Brussels, 04/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission considers that the former German circulars on granting short-term visas were in breach of Community law but that the new texts are satisfactory, although there is still room for improvement. This was the response given by European Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice Franco Frattini on Thursday 4 August in answer to a written question by German MEP Joachim Wuermeling (CSU) on the affair that had caused scandal last year...