"1. Aliens who hold valid residence permits issued by one of the Member States may, on the basis of that permit and a valid travel document, move freely for up to three months in any six-month period within the territories of the other Member States, provided that they fulfil the entry conditions referred to in Article 5(1)(a), (c) and (e) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) and are not on the national list of alerts of the M ...[+++]ember State concerned.

The proposals seek to make it easier for third-country nationals legally residing in a Member State to move in the Schengen area on the basis of a D long-stay visa issued by that Member State.

This new Chapter provides a much wider circle of persons who shall be allowed to act as guarantor (Article 17); defines when a movement under suspension of excise duty shall be deemed to begin and end (Article 19); provides that a movement of excise goods shall be considered to take place under suspension of excise duty only if it takes place under cover of an electronic administrative document that replaces the current paper accompanying document (Article 20); provides that the Member States may allow the consignor to split a movement of energy products (Article 22); provides for the use of an electronic 'report of receipt' or a 're ...[+++]port of export' (Articles 23 and 24); provides for procedures to be used in the absence of electronic reports (Article 25) or when the computerised system is not available (Article 26); introduces other simplification arrangements (Articles 28 and 29).

1. A movement of excise goods shall be considered to take place under suspension of excise duty only if it takes place under cover of an electronic administrative document processed in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.

(d) who have passed a test of skills and behaviour only in the case of an applicant for a category A driving licence who has acquired at least two years experience on a motorcycle covered by an A2 licence; this test may be restricted to driving in traffic, specifically focusing on traffic on roads outside built-up areas;

Where goods are transported within the Community under the cover of Form 302 (established under the convention between the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty on the status of their forces) the Community shall be considered, for the purposes of the rules governing the use of the said form for such transport, to form a single territory.