Article 3

Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement · European Union

Without prejudice to obligations under the European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees, signed at Strasbourg on 20 April 1959, recognised refugees and stateless persons: shall be subject to the visa requirement if the third country where they reside and which issued their travel document is one of the third countries listed in Annex I; may be exempted from the visa requirement if the third country where they reside and which issued their travel document is one of the third countries listed in Annex II.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.