41. Considers that companies should be entitled to choose between a name shares regime and a bearer shares regime; considers that, if they choose name shares, companies should be entitled to know the identity of their owners and that minimum harmonisation requirements should be set at EU level for the disclosure of material shareholdings; considers that this should be without prejudice to the right of the owners of bearer shares not to disclose their identity;

41. Considers that companies should be entitled to choose between a name shares regime and a bearer shares regime; considers that, if they choose name shares, companies should be entitled to know the identity of their owners and that minimum harmonisation requirements should be set at EU level for the disclosure of material shareholdings; considers that this should be without prejudice to the right of the owners of bearer shares not to disclose their identity;

40. Considers that companies should be entitled to choose between a name shares regime and a bearer shares regime; considers that, if they choose name shares, companies should be entitled to know the identity of their owners and that minimum harmonisation requirements should be set at EU level for the disclosure of material shareholdings; considers that this should be without prejudice to the right of the owners of bearer shares not to disclose their identity;

There is a need to define the groups of persons exempt from the visa requirement more clearly in line with the Declaration on the holders of aliens’ and non-citizens' passports made in the course of the negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders: “The European Parliament and the Council request the Commission to bring forward proposals, in the framework of the revision of Regulation (EC) No. 539/2001, in order to exempt holders of aliens’ and non-citizens’ passports residing in a Member State from the visa ...[+++]obligation” (A6-0188/2005, 15 June 2005).

a third country national who is holder of a visa issued by a Schengen Member State still requires a national visa from a Member State that joined the EU in 2004 and is not yet full part of Schengen, in order to enter, transit or stay on the territory of the latter; a third country national who is holder of a residence permit issued by Switzerland or Liechtenstein requires a visa for entering the territory of a Member State, even if the third country national only transits via a Member State to his country of origin for his yearly holi ...[+++]days.

In addition to powers that may be exercised if there is a belief, based on reasonable grounds, that a traveller, conveyance or other thing has a communicable disease or is infested with vectors, the bill contains a number of proposed powers relating to rights of entry, inspection, and compelling the production of documents for the purpose of determining whether someone or something has a communicable disease or is infested with vectors.