The European Parliament adopted by 489 votes to 117, with 28 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 for the purpose of establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS).
The European Parliament’s position, adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure, amended the Commission proposal as follows:
Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for law enforcement cooperation (Europol) shall be amended to allocate new tasks assigned to Europol by the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), such as the management of the ETIAS watchlist, the entry of data related to terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences into that watchlist and the provision of opinions following consultation requests by the ETIAS National Units.
It is also specified that the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark shall not participating in the adoption of the Regulation.