Udvalget om Borgernes Rettigheder og Retlige og Indre Anliggender tog sagen op med Udvalget om Retlige Anliggender, og efter at have undersøgt den, konkluderede sidstnævnte, at ændringsforslaget ville nødvendiggøre en revision af retsgrundlaget, og at traktatens artikel 62, stk. 1, og artikel 62, stk. 2, ikke ville være tilstrækkelige, men at traktatens artikel 62, stk. 3, også ville være nødvendig, da den nævner betingelserne for, at tredjelandsstatsborgere kan rejse frit i medlemsstaternes område i længere end tre måneder.
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs raised the issue with the Committee on Legal Affairs and, having studied it, the latter came to the conclusion that that proposed amendment would make it necessary to review the legal basis and that Article 62(1) and Article 62(2) would not be sufficient, but that Article 62(3) of the Treaty would also be necessary, since Article 62(3) of the Treaty refers to the conditions in which third-country nationals can travel freely in the territory of the Member States for a period of no longer than three months.