Visa Code — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and…

Visa Code — Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)

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REGULATION (EC) No 810/2009 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 13 July 2009

establishing a Community Code on Visas

Article 1 Objective and scope

Article 2 Definitions

Article 3 Third-country nationals required to hold an airport transit visa

Article 4 Authorities competent for taking part in the procedures relating to applications

Subparagraph

Article 5 Member State competent for examining and deciding on an application

Article 6 Consular territorial competence

Subparagraph

Article 7 Competence to issue visas to third-country nationals legally present within the territory of a Member State

Subparagraph

Article 8 Representation arrangements

Article 9 Practical modalities for lodging an application

Subparagraph

Article 10 General rules for lodging an application

Article 11 Application form

Article 12 Travel document

Article 13 Biometric identifiers

Article 14 Supporting documents

Article 15 Travel medical insurance

Article 17 Service fee

Subparagraph

Article 18 Verification of consular competence

Subparagraph

Article 19 Admissibility

Article 20 Stamp indicating that an application is admissible

Subparagraph

Article 21 Verification of entry conditions and risk assessment

Article 22 Prior consultation of central authorities of other Member States

Subparagraph

Article 23 Decision on the application

Article 24 Issuing of a uniform visa

Article 25 Issuing of a visa with limited territorial validity

Article 26 Issuing of an airport transit visa

Article 27 Filling in the visa sticker

Subparagraph

Article 28 Invalidation of a completed visa sticker

Subparagraph

Article 29 Affixing a visa sticker

Subparagraph

Article 30 Rights derived from an issued visa

Subparagraph

Article 31 Information of central authorities of other Member States

Subparagraph

Article 32 Refusal of a visa

Article 34 Annulment and revocation

Subparagraph

Article 35 Visas applied for at the external border

Article 36 Visas issued to seafarers in transit at the external border

Article 37 Organisation of visa sections

Subparagraph

Article 38 Resources for examining applications and monitoring of consulates

Subparagraph

Article 39 Conduct of staff

Subparagraph

Article 40 Forms of cooperation

Article 41 Cooperation between Member States

Subparagraph

Article 42 Recourse to honorary consuls

Subparagraph

Article 43 Cooperation with external service providers

Article 44 Encryption and secure transfer of data

Subparagraph

Article 45 Member States’ cooperation with commercial intermediaries

Article 46 Compilation of statistics

Subparagraph

Article 47 Information to the general public

Article 48 Local Schengen cooperation between Member States’ consulates

Article 49 Arrangements in relation to the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

Subparagraph

Article 50 Amendments to the Annexes

Subparagraph

Article 51 Instructions on the practical application of the Visa Code

Subparagraph

Article 52 Committee procedure

Subparagraph

Article 53 Notification

Article 54 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008

Article 55 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 562/2006

Article 57 Monitoring and evaluation

Subparagraph

Article 58 Entry into force

Non-exhaustive list of supporting documents

UNIFORM FORMAT AND USE OF THE STAMP INDICATING THAT A VISA APPLICATION IS ADMISSIBLE

Common list of third countries listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, whose nationals are required to be in possession of an airport transit visa when passing through the international transit area of airports situated on the territory of the Member States

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ANNEX V

LIST OF RESIDENCE PERMITS ENTITLING THEIR HOLDERS TO TRANSIT THROUGH THE AIRPORTS OF MEMBER STATES WITHOUT BEING REQUIRED TO HOLD AN AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA

FILLING IN THE VISA STICKER

1. Mandatory entries section

1.1. ‘VALID FOR’ heading:

2. ‘FROM ... TO’ heading:

Subparagraph

—

Subparagraph

3. ‘NUMBER OF ENTRIES’ heading:

Subparagraph

4. ‘DURATION OF VISIT ... DAYS’ heading:

Subparagraph

5. ‘ISSUED IN ... ON …’ heading:

Subparagraph

6. ‘PASSPORT NUMBER’ heading:

Subparagraph

7. ‘TYPE OF VISA’ heading:

Subparagraph

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8. ‘SURNAME AND FIRST NAME’ heading:

Subparagraph

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10. Machine-readable zone

AFFIXING THE VISA STICKER

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ANNEX IX

PART 1

Rules for issuing visas at the border to seafarers in transit subject to visa requirements

Subparagraph

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I. Signing on a vessel berthed or expected at a Member State port (entry into the territory of the Member States)

—

II. Leaving service from a vessel that has entered a Member State port (exit from the territory of the Member States)

—

III. Transferring from a vessel that entered a Member State port to another vessel

—

PART 2

Subparagraph

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF FORM

LIST OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LEGAL INSTRUMENT IN THE CASE OF COOPERATION WITH EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS

SPECIFIC PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS FACILITATING THE ISSUING OF VISAS TO MEMBERS OF THE OLYMPIC FAMILY PARTICIPATING IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES AND PARALYMPIC GAMES

Subparagraph

Article 1 Purpose

Subparagraph

Article 2 Definitions

Article 4 Filing of the application

Subparagraph

Article 5 Examination of the collective application for visas and type of the visa issued

Subparagraph

Article 6 Form of the visa

Subparagraph

Article 7 Waiver of fees

Subparagraph

Article 8 Cancellation of a visa

Subparagraph

Article 9 External border checks

ANNUAL STATISTICS ON UNIFORM VISAS, VISAS WITH LIMITED TERRITORIAL VALIDITY AND AIRPORT TRANSIT VISAS