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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 (Visa Code)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 1.Objective and scope

    2. Article 2.Definitions

  3. TITLE II AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA

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

  4. TITLE III PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS FOR ISSUING VISAS

    1. CHAPTER I Authorities taking part in the procedures relating to applications

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

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

      3. Article 6.Consular territorial competence

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

      5. Article 8.Representation arrangements

    2. CHAPTER II Application

      1. Article 9.Practical modalities for lodging an application

      2. Article 10.General rules for lodging an application

      3. Article 11.Application form

      4. Article 12.Travel document

      5. Article 13.Biometric identifiers

      6. Article 14.Supporting documents

      7. Article 15.Travel medical insurance

      8. Article 16.Visa fee

      9. Article 17.Service fee

    3. CHAPTER III Examination of and decision on an application

      1. Article 18.Verification of consular competence

      2. Article 19.Admissibility

      3. Article 20.Stamp indicating that an application is admissible

      4. Article 21.Verification of entry conditions and risk assessment

      5. Article 22.Prior consultation of central authorities of other Member States

      6. Article 23.Decision on the application

    4. CHAPTER IV Issuing of the visa

      1. Article 24.Issuing of a uniform visa

      2. Article 25.Issuing of a visa with limited territorial validity

      3. Article 25a. Cooperation on readmission

      4. Article 26.Issuing of an airport transit visa

      5. Article 27.Filling in the visa sticker

      6. Article 28.Invalidation of a completed visa sticker

      7. Article 29.Affixing a visa sticker

      8. Article 30.Rights derived from an issued visa

      9. Article 31.Information of central authorities of other Member States

      10. Article 32.Refusal of a visa

    5. CHAPTER V Modification of an issued visa

      1. Article 33.Extension

      2. Article 34.Annulment and revocation

    6. CHAPTER VI Visas issued at the external borders

      1. Article 35.Visas applied for at the external border

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

  5. TITLE IV ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION

    1. Article 37.Organisation of visa sections

    2. Article 38. Resources for examining applications and monitoring visa procedures

    3. Article 39.Conduct of staff

    4. Article 40. Consular organisation and cooperation

    5. Article 41. Cooperation between Member States

    6. Article 42.Recourse to honorary consuls

    7. Article 43.Cooperation with external service providers

    8. Article 44. Encryption and secure transfer of data

    9. Article 45.Member States’ cooperation with commercial intermediaries

    10. Article 46.Compilation of statistics

    11. Article 47.Information to the general public

  6. TITLE V LOCAL SCHENGEN COOPERATION

    1. Article 48.Local Schengen cooperation between Member States’ consulates

  7. TITLE VI FINAL PROVISIONS

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

    2. Article 50. Amendments to the Annexes

    3. Article 51. Instructions on the practical application of this Regulation

    4. Article 51a. Exercise of the delegation

    5. Article 52. Committee procedure

    6. Article 53.Notification

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

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

    9. Article 56.Repeals

    10. Article 57.Monitoring and evaluation

    11. Article 58.Entry into force

  8. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      Harmonised application form

      1. APPLICATION FOR SCHENGEN VISA

    2. ANNEX II

      Non-exhaustive list of supporting documents

      1. The supporting documents referred to in Article 14, to be...

      2. DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE JOURNEY for business...

    3. ANNEX III

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

      1. Code of the Member State examining the application. The codes...

      2. The stamp shall be placed on the first available page...

    4. ANNEX IV

      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

      1. AFGHANISTAN BANGLADESH DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ERITREA ETHIOPIA GHANA...

    5. ANNEX V

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

      1. ANDORRA:

      2. CANADA:

      3. JAPAN:

      4. SAN MARINO:

      5. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

    6. ANNEX VI

      1. STANDARD FORM FOR NOTIFYING REASONS FOR REFUSAL, ANNULMENT OR REVOCATION...

        1. REFUSAL/ANNULMENT/REVOCATION OF VISA

          1. □ The … embassy/consulate-general/consulate/[other competent authority] in … [on behalf of...

          2. □ [Other competent authority] of …;

          3. □ The authorities responsible for checks on persons at …

          4. □ examined your application;

          5. □ examined your visa, number: …, issued: … [date/month/year].

    7. ANNEX VII

      FILLING IN THE VISA STICKER

      1. 1. Mandatory entries section

        1. 1.1. ‘VALID FOR’ heading:

        2. 1.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 1.3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        4. 1.4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. ‘FROM ... TO’ heading:

      3. 3. ‘NUMBER OF ENTRIES’ heading:

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

      5. 5. ‘ISSUED IN ... ON …’ heading:

      6. 6. ‘PASSPORT NUMBER’ heading:

      7. 7. ‘TYPE OF VISA’ heading:

      8. 8. ‘SURNAME AND FIRST NAME’ heading:

      9. 9. (a) Mandatory entries to be added in the ‘COMMENTS’ section...

        1. (a) Mandatory entries to be added in the ‘COMMENTS’ section

        2. (b) National entries in ‘COMMENTS’ section

        3. (c) Section for the photograph

      10. 10. Machine-readable zone

    8. ANNEX VIII

      AFFIXING THE VISA STICKER

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

    9. ANNEX IX

      1. PART 1 Rules for issuing visas at the border to seafarers in transit subject to visa requirements

        1. I. Signing on a vessel berthed or expected at a Member...

        2. II. Leaving service from a vessel that has entered a Member...

        3. III. Transferring from a vessel that entered a Member State port...

      2. PART 2

        1. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF FORM

          1. (9) . . . . . . . . . ....

          2. (10) Reasons for application

          3. (11) Means of transport

          4. (12) Date of arrival (on the territory of the Member States)...

          5. (13) . . . . . . . . . ....

    10. ANNEX X

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

      1. The legal instrument shall: enumerate the tasks to be carried...

    11. ANNEX XI

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

      1. CHAPTER I Purpose and definitions

        1. Article 1.Purpose

        2. Article 2.Definitions

      2. CHAPTER II Issuing of visas

        1. Article 3.Conditions

        2. Article 4.Filing of the application

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

        4. Article 6.Form of the visa

        5. Article 7.Waiver of fees

      3. CHAPTER III General and final provisions

        1. Article 8.Cancellation of a visa

        2. Article 9.External border checks

    12. ANNEX XII

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

      1. Data to be submitted to the Commission within the deadline...

      2. total of A visas applied for (including multiple A visas),...

      3. General rules for the submission of data:

      4. the data for the complete previous year shall be compiled...

      5. In the event of data being neither available nor relevant...

    13. ANNEX XIII

    14. ANNEXES

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