Brussels, 16/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Saturday, Commissioner Franco Frattini presented to Home Affairs Ministers a report adopted by the Commission on 10 January on visa reciprocity problems in relation to a number of third countries. Mr Frattini felt that, despite a reduction in visa non-reciprocity case, there had been no tangible progress towards visa exemption for EU citizens entering the United States, Canada or Australia. The Commissioner does not appear about to introduce temporary measures requiring citizens of these three countries to have a visa before entering Europe. Currently, the US, Canada and Australia refuse entry to nationals from the new EU Member States, with the exception of Slovenia, without a visa. According to the Commission, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela have already exempted EU citizens of the need to have a visa. The EU is also in negotiation with Brazil, Uruguay, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. The visa reciprocity mechanism requires the Commission to begin negotiations with countries which to not grant visa exemption to citizens of all 25 EU Member States. In the conclusion to its report, the Commission considers that this dialogue has to be pursued and efforts made to ensure that the citizens of the whole EU can be exempted from the visa requirement. The report is likely to be debated at the JHA Council of 21-22 February. A new report is expected from the Commission on July 2006.