
Article 1 
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 is amended as follows:

((1)) the following article is inserted before Article 1:
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Article -1 
The purpose of this Regulation is to determine the third countries whose nationals are subject to, or exempt from, the visa requirement, on the basis of a case-by-case assessment of a variety of criteria relating, inter alia, to illegal immigration, public policy and security, economic benefit, in particular in terms of tourism and foreign trade, and the Union’s external relations with the relevant third countries, including, in particular, considerations of human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as the implications of regional coherence and reciprocity.';
((2)) Annex I is amended as follows:

((a)) in Part 1, the references to Colombia, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South Sudan is inserted;
((b)) Part 3 is deleted;
((3)) Annex II is amended as follows:

((a)) in Part 1, the following references are inserted:

 ‘Colombia (*)’,
 ‘Dominica (*)’,
 ‘Grenada (*)’,
 ‘Kiribati (*)’
 ‘Marshall Islands (*)’,
 ‘Micronesia (*)’,
 ‘Nauru (*)’,
 ‘Palau (*)’,
 ‘Peru (*)’,
 ‘Saint Lucia (*)’,
 ‘Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (*)’,
 ‘Samoa (*)’,
 ‘Solomon Islands (*)’,
 ‘Timor-Leste (*)’,
 ‘Tonga (*)’,
 ‘Trinidad and Tobago (*)’,
 ‘Tuvalu (*)’,
 ‘the United Arab Emirates (*)’ and
 ‘Vanuatu (*)’;
‘(*) The exemption from the visa requirement shall apply from the date of entry into force of an agreement on visa exemption to be concluded with the European Union.’;

((b)) Part 3 is replaced by the following:
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British nationals (Overseas)

British overseas territories citizens (BOTC)

British overseas citizens (BOC)

British protected persons (BPP)

British subjects (BS)
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.Done at Brussels, 15 May 2014.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
D. KOURKOULAS