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Article 6(1) is amended as follows: point (b) is replaced by the following: ‘(b) they are in a possession of a valid visa if required pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 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 (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1). or of a valid travel authorisation if required pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and amending Regulations (EU) No 1077/2011, (EU) No 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/1624 and (EU) 2017/2226 (OJ L 236, 19.9.2018, p. 1).’; , except where they hold a valid residence permit or a valid long-stay visa; the following subparagraphs are added: ‘For a transitional period established pursuant to Article 83(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240, the use of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) shall be optional and the requirement to be in possession of a valid travel authorisation set out in point (b) of the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall not apply. Member States shall inform third-country nationals subject to the travel authorisation requirement crossing the external borders of the requirement to have a valid travel authorisation from the expiry of the transitional period. For this purpose, Member States shall distribute a common leaflet to this category of travellers as referred to in Article 83(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. During a grace period established pursuant to Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 the border authorities shall exceptionally allow third-country nationals subject to the travel authorisation requirement who are not in possession of a travel authorisation to cross the external borders where they fulfil all the remaining conditions of this Article, provided that they are crossing the external borders of the Member States for the first time since the end of the transitional period referred to in Article 83(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. Border authorities shall inform such third-country nationals of the requirement to be in possession of a valid travel authorisation in accordance with this Article. For this purpose, the border authorities shall distribute to these travellers a common leaflet as referred to in Article 83(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 informing them that they are exceptionally allowed to cross the external borders while not fulfilling the obligation to be in possession of a valid travel authorisation and explaining that obligation.’.

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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.