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Article 12 shall be amended as follows: in paragraph 1, point (a) shall be replaced by the following: status information indicating that the visa has been refused and whether that authority refused it on behalf of another Member State;’; paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following: ‘2. The application file shall also indicate the ground(s) for refusal of the visa, which shall be one or more of the following: the applicant: presents a travel document which is false, counterfeit or forged; does not provide justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay; does not provide proof of sufficient means of subsistence, both for the duration of the intended stay and for the return to his country of origin or residence, or for the transit to a third country into which he is certain to be admitted, or is not in a position to acquire such means lawfully; has already stayed for three months during the current six-month period on the territory of the Member States on a basis of a uniform visa or a visa with limited territorial validity; is a person for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purpose of refusing entry; is considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security or public health as defined in Article 2(19) of the Schengen Borders Code or to the international relations of any of the Member States, in particular where an alert has been issued in Member States’ national databases for the purpose of refusing entry on the same grounds; does not provide proof of holding adequate and valid travel medical insurance, where applicable; the information submitted regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not reliable; the applicant’s intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained; sufficient proof that the applicant has not been in a position to apply for a visa in advance justifying application for a visa at the border was not provided.’;

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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.