In order to ensure the adequate involvement of the European Parliament and of the Council in the second phase of application of the reciprocity mechanism, given the particularly sensitive political nature of the suspension of the exemption from the visa requirement for all the nationals of a third country listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 and its horizontal implications for the Member States, the Schengen associated countries and the Union itself, in particular for their external relations and for the overall functioning of the Schengen area, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of certain elements of the reciprocity mechanism.
D'fhonn a áirithiú go mbeidh páirt leordhóthanach ag Parlaimint na hEorpa agus ag an gComhairle sa dara céim de chur chun feidhme shásra na cómhalartachta, ráite an nádúr polaitiúil ró-íogair a ghabhann le fionraíocht na díolúine ón gceanglas víosa do náisiúnaigh uile tríú tír atá liostaithe in Iarscríbhinn II a ghabhann le Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 539/2001 agus a himpleachtaí cothrománacha ar Bhallstáit, ar na tíortha a mbaineann Schengen leo agus ar an Aontas féin, go háirithe i dtaca lena gcaidreamh seachtrach agus feidhmiú ginearálta limistéir Schengen, ba cheart na cumhachtaí maidir le gníomhartha a ghlacadh i gcomhréir le hAirteagal 290 den Chonradh ar Fheidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh a tharmligean don gCoimisiún i ndáil le gnéithe áiririthe den sásra cómhalartachta.