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)

• B. DOCUMENTATION ALLOWING FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICANT’S INTENTION TO LEAVE THE TERRITORY OF THE MEMBER STATES
• 1. reservation of or return or round ticket;
• 1. proof of financial means in the country of residence;
• 1. proof of employment: bank statements;
• 1. proof of real estate property;
• 1. proof of integration into the country of residence: family ties; professional status.

• C. DOCUMENTATION IN RELATION TO THE APPLICANT’S FAMILY SITUATION
• 1. consent of parental authority or legal guardian (when a minor does not travel with them);
• 1. proof of family ties with the host/inviting person.

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

AFGHANISTAN

BANGLADESH

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

GHANA

IRAN

IRAQ

NIGERIA

PAKISTAN

SOMALIA

SRI LANKA

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

ANDORRA:

• — autorització temporal (temporary immigration permit – green),

• — autorització temporal per a treballadors d'empreses estrangeres (temporary immigration permit for employees of foreign enterprises – green),

• — autorització residència i treball (residence and work permit – green),

• — autorització residència i treball del personal d'ensenyament (residence and work permit for teaching staff – green),

• — autorització temporal per estudis o per recerca (temporary immigration permit for studies or research – green),

• — autorització temporal en pràctiques formatives (temporary immigration permit for internships and trainings – green),

• — autorització residència (residence permit – green).

CANADA:

• — permanent resident (PR) card,

• — permanent Resident Travel Document (PRTD).

JAPAN:

• — residence card.

SAN MARINO:

• — permesso di soggiorno ordinario (validity one year, renewable on expiry date),

• — special residence permits for the following reasons (validity one year, renewable on expiry date): university attendance, sports, health care, religious reasons, persons working as nurses in public hospitals, diplomatic functions, cohabitation, permit for minors, humanitarian reasons, parental permit,

• — seasonal and temporary working permits (validity 11 months, renewable on expiry date),

• — identity card issued to people having an official residence ‘residenza’ in San Marino (validity of 5 years).

UNITED KINGDOM:

• — UK Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) (for citizens from non-EU countries).

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

• — valid, unexpired immigrant visa; may be endorsed at the port of entry for one year as temporary evidence of residence, while the I-551 card is pending production,

• — valid, unexpired Form I-551 (Permanent Resident Card); may be valid for up to 2 or 10 years – depending on the class of admission; if there is no expiration date on the card, the card is valid for travel,

• — valid, unexpired Form I-327 (Re-entry Permit),

• — valid, unexpired Form I-571 (Refugee Travel Document endorsed as ‘Permanent Resident Alien’).

ANNEX VI

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STANDARD FORM FOR NOTIFYING REASONS FOR REFUSAL, ANNULMENT OR REVOCATION OF A VISA

REFUSAL/ANNULMENT/REVOCATION OF VISA

Ms/Mr …,

• □The … embassy/consulate-general/consulate/[other competent authority] in … [on behalf of (name of represented Member State)];

• □[Other competent authority] of …;

• □The authorities responsible for checks on persons at …

has/have

• □examined your application;

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

□  The visa has been refused	□  The visa has been annulled	□  The visa has been revoked

This decision is based on the following reason(s):

• 1. • □ a false/counterfeit/forged travel document was presented

• 1. • □ justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not provided

• 1. • □ you have not provided proof of sufficient means of subsistence, for the duration of the intended stay or for the return to the country of origin or residence, or for the transit to a third country into which you are certain to be admitted

• 1. • □ you have not provided proof that you are in a position to lawfully acquire sufficient means of subsistence, for the duration of the intended stay or for the return to the country of origin or residence, or for the transit to a third country into which you are certain to be admitted

• 1. • □ you have already stayed for 90 days during the current 180-day period on the territory of the Member States on the basis of a uniform visa or a visa with limited territorial validity

• 1. • □ an alert has been issued in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purpose of refusing entry by … (indication of Member State)

• 1. • □ one or more Member States consider you to be a threat to public policy or internal security

• 1. • □ one or more Member States consider you to be a threat to public health as defined in point (21) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code)

• 1. • □ one or more Member States consider you to be a threat to their international relations

• 1. • □ the information submitted regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not reliable

• 1. • □ there are reasonable doubts as to the reliability of the statements made as regards … (please specify)

• 1. • □ there are reasonable doubts as to the reliability, as to the authenticity of the supporting documents submitted or as to the veracity of their contents

• 1. • □ there are reasonable doubts as to your intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa

• 1. • □ sufficient proof that you have not been in a position to apply for a visa in advance, justifying application for a visa at the border, was not provided

• 1. • □ justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended airport transit was not provided

• 16 - □ you have not provided proof of possession of adequate and valid travel medical insurance

• 1. • □ revocation of the visa was requested by the visa holder ([^E0026]).

Additional remarks:

…

…

…

…

…

You may appeal against the decision to refuse/annul/revoke a visa.

The rules on appeal against decisions on refusal/annulment/revocation of a visa are set out in (reference to national law):

…

Competent authority with which an appeal may be lodged (contact details):

…

Information on the procedure to follow can be found at (contact details):

…

An appeal must be lodged within (indication of time-limit):

…

Date and stamp of embassy/consulate-general/consulate/of the authorities responsible for checks on persons/of other competent authorities:

Signature of person concerned ([^E0027]): …

ANNEX X

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

• A. The legal instrument shall:
• (a) enumerate the tasks to be carried out by the external service provider, in accordance with Article 43(6) of this Regulation;
• (b) indicate the locations where the external service provider is to operate and which consulate the individual application centre refers to;
• (c) list the services covered by the mandatory service fee;
• (d) instruct the external service provider to clearly inform the public that other charges cover optional services.

• B. In relation to the performance of its activities, the external service provider shall, with regard to data protection:
• (a) prevent at all times any unauthorised reading, copying, modification or deletion of data, in particular during their transmission to the consulate of the Member State(s) competent for processing an application;
• (b) in accordance with the instructions given by the Member State(s) concerned, transmit the data:
• — electronically, in encrypted form, or
• — physically, in a secured way;
• (c) transmit the data as soon as possible:
• — in the case of physically transferred data, at least once a week,
• — in the case of electronically transferred encrypted data, at the latest at the end of the day of their collection,
• (d) ensure appropriate means of tracking individual application files to and from the consulate;
• (e) delete the data at the latest seven days after their transmission and ensure that only the name and contact details of the applicant for the purposes of the appointment arrangements, as well as the passport number, are kept until the return of the passport to the applicant and deleted five days thereafter;
• (f) ensure all the technical and organisational security measures required to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access, in particular where the cooperation involves the transmission of files and data to the consulate of the Member State(s) concerned, and all other unlawful forms of processing personal data;
• (g) process the data only for the purposes of processing the personal data of applicants on behalf of the Member State(s) concerned;
• (h) apply data protection standards at least equivalent to those set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
• (i) provide applicants with the information required pursuant to Article 37 of the VIS Regulation.

• C. In relation to the performance of its activities, the external service provider shall, with regard to the conduct of staff:
• (a) ensure that its staff are appropriately trained;
• (b) ensure that its staff in the performance of their duties:
• — receive applicants courteously,
• — respect the human dignity and integrity of applicants, do not discriminate against persons on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and
• — respect the rules of confidentiality; those rules shall also apply once members of staff have left their job or after suspension or termination of the legal instrument;
• (c) provide identification of the staff working for the external service provider at all times;
• (d) prove that its staff do not have criminal records and have the requisite expertise.

• D. In relation to the verification of the performance of its activities, the external service provider shall:
• (a) provide for access by staff entitled by the Member State(s) concerned to its premises at all times without prior notice, in particular for inspection purposes;
• (b) ensure the possibility of remote access to its appointment system for inspection purposes;
• (c) ensure the use of relevant monitoring methods (e.g. test applicants; webcam);
• (d) ensure access, by the Member State's national data protection supervisory authority, to proof of data protection compliance, including reporting obligations, external audits and regular spot checks;
• (e) report in writing to the Member State(s) concerned without delay any security breaches or any complaints from applicants on data misuse or unauthorised access, and coordinate with the Member State(s) concerned in order to find a solution and give explanatory responses promptly to the complaining applicants.

• E. In relation to general requirements, the external service provider shall:
• (a) act under the instructions of the Member State(s) competent for processing the application;
• (b) adopt appropriate anti-corruption measures (e.g. adequate staff remuneration; cooperation in the selection of staff members employed on the task; two-man-rule; rotation principle);
• (c) respect fully the provisions of the legal instrument, which shall contain a suspension or termination clause, in particular in the event of breach of the rules established, as well as a revision clause with a view to ensuring that the legal instrument reflects best practice.

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

CHAPTER I Purpose and definitions

Article 1

Purpose

The following specific procedures and conditions facilitate the application for and issuing of visas to members of the Olympic family for the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games organised by a Member State.

In addition, the relevant provisions of the Community acquis concerning procedures for applying for and issuing visas shall apply.

Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

• 1. ‘Responsible organisations’ relate to measures envisaged to facilitate the procedures for applying for and issuing visas for members of the Olympic family taking part in the Olympic and/or Paralympic Games, and they mean the official organisations, in terms of the Olympic Charter, which are entitled to submit lists of members of the Olympic family to the Organising Committee of the Member State hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games with a view to the issue of accreditation cards for the Games;

• 1. ‘Member of the Olympic family’ means any person who is a member of the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, International Federations, the National Olympic and Paralympic Committees, the Organising Committees of the Olympic Games and the national associations, such as athletes, judges/referees, coaches and other sports technicians, medical personnel attached to teams or individual sportsmen/women and media-accredited journalists, senior executives, donors, sponsors or other official invitees, who agree to be guided by the Olympic Charter, act under the control and supreme authority of the International Olympic Committee, are included on the lists of the responsible organisations and are accredited by the Organising Committee of the Member State hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games as participants in the [year] Olympic and/or Paralympic Games;

• 1. ‘Olympic accreditation cards’ which are issued by the Organising Committee of the Member State hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in accordance with its national legislation means one of two secure documents, one for the Olympic Games and one for the Paralympic Games, each bearing a photograph of its holder, establishing the identity of the member of the Olympic family and authorising access to the facilities at which competitions are held and to other events scheduled throughout the duration of the Games;

• 1. ‘Duration of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games’ means the period during which the Olympic Games and the period during which the Paralympic Games take place;

• 1. ‘Organising Committee of the Member State hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games’ means the Committee set up on by the hosting Member State in accordance with its national legislation to organise the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which decides on accreditation of members of the Olympic family taking part in those Games;

• 1. ‘Services responsible for issuing visas’ means the services designated by the Member State hosting the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to examine applications and issue visas to members of the Olympic family.

CHAPTER II Issuing of visas

Article 3

Conditions

A visa may be issued pursuant to this Regulation only where the person concerned:

• (a) has been designated by one of the responsible organisations and accredited by the Organising Committee of the Member State hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a participant in the Olympic and/or Paralympic Games;

• (b) holds a valid travel document authorising the crossing of the external borders, as referred to in Article 5 of the Schengen Borders Code;

• (c) is not a person for whom an alert has been issued for the purpose of refusing entry;

• (d) is not considered to be a threat to public policy, national security or the international relations of any of the Member States.

Article 4

Filing of the application

Article 5

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

Article 6

Form of the visa

Article 7

Waiver of fees

The examination of visa applications and the issue of visas shall not give rise to any fees being charged by the services responsible for issuing visas.

CHAPTER III General and final provisions

Article 8

Cancellation of a visa

Where the list of persons put forward as participants in the Olympic and/or Paralympic Games is amended before the Games begin, the responsible organisations shall inform without any delay the Organising Committee of the Member State hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games thereof so that the Olympic accreditation cards of the persons removed from the list may be revoked. The Organising Committee shall notify the services responsible for issuing visas thereof and shall inform them of the numbers of the visas in question.

The services responsible for issuing visas shall cancel the visas of the persons concerned. They shall immediately inform the authorities responsible for border checks thereof, and the latter shall without delay forward that information to the competent authorities of the other Member States.

Article 9

External border checks

• (a) entry and exit stamps shall be affixed to the first free page of the travel document of those members of the Olympic family for whom it is necessary to affix such stamps in accordance with Article 10(1) of the Schengen Borders Code. On first entry, the visa number shall be indicated on that same page;

• (b) the conditions for entry provided for in Article 5(1)(c) of the Schengen Borders Code shall be presumed to be fulfilled once a member of the Olympic family has been duly accredited.

ANNEX XII

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

Data to be submitted to the Commission within the deadline set out in Article 46 for each location where individual Member States issue visas:

• — total of A visas applied for (including multiple A visas),

• — total of A visas issued (including multiple A visas),

• — total of multiple A visas issued,

• — total of A visas not issued (including multiple A visas),

• — total of C visas applied for (including multiple-entry C visas),

• — total of C visas issued (including multiple-entry C visas),

• — total of multiple-entry C visas issued,

• — total of C visas not issued (including multiple-entry C visas),

• — total of LTV visas issued.

General rules for the submission of data:

• — the data for the complete previous year shall be compiled in one single file,

• — the data shall be provided using the common template provided by the Commission,

• — data shall be available for the individual locations where the Member State concerned issue visas and grouped by third country,

• — ‘Not issued’ covers data on refused visas and applications where the examination has been discontinued as provided for in Article 8(2).

In the event of data being neither available nor relevant for one particular category and a third country, Member States shall leave the cell empty (and not enter ‘0’ (zero), ‘N.A.’ (non-applicable) or any other value).

ANNEX XIII

CORRELATION TABLE

Provision of this Regulation	Provision of the Schengen Convention (CSA), Common Consular Instructions (CCI) or of the Schengen Executive Committee (SCH/Com-ex) replaced
TITLE I	TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 Objective and scope	CCI, Part I.1. Scope (CSA Articles 9 and 10)
Article 2 Definitions (1)-(4)	CCI: Part I. 2. Definitions and types of visas CCI: Part IV ‘Legal basis’ CSA: Articles 11(2), 14(1), 15, 16
TITLE II	TITLE II
AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA
Article 3 Third-country nationals required to hold an airport transit visa	Joint Action 96/197/JHA, CCI, Part I. 2.1.1
TITLE III	TITLE III
PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS FOR ISSUING VISAS
CHAPTER I	CHAPTER I
Authorities taking part in the procedures relating to applications
Article 4 Authorities competent for taking part in the procedures relating to applications	CCI Part II. 4., CSA, Art. 12(1), Regulation (EC) No 415/2003
Article 5 Member State competent for examining and deciding on an application	CCI, Part II 1.1(a) (b), CSA Article 12(2)
Article 6 Consular territorial competence	CCI, Part II, 1.1 and 3
Article 7 Competence to issue visas to third-country nationals legally present within the territory of a Member State	—
Article 8 Representation agreements	CCI, Part II, 1.2
CHAPTER II	CHAPTER II
Application
Article 9 Practical modalities for lodging an application	CCI, Annex 13, note (Article 10(1))
Article 10 General rules for lodging an application	—
Article 11 Application form	CCI, Part III. 1.1.
Article 12 Travel document	CCI, Part III. 2. (a), CSA, Article 13(1) and (2)
Article 13 Biometric identifiers	CCI, Part III. 1.2 (a) and (b)
Article 14 Supporting documents	CCI, Part III.2(b) and Part V.1.4, Com-ex (98) 57
Article 15 Travel medical insurance	CCI, Part V, 1.4
Article 16 Visa fee	CCI Part VII. 4. and Annex 12
Article 17 Service fee	CCI, Part VII, 1.7
CHAPTER III	CHAPTER III
Examination of and decision on an application
Article 18 Verification of consular competence	—
Article 19 Admissibility	—
Article 20 Stamp indicating that an application is admissible	CCI, Part VIII, 2
Article 21 Verification of entry conditions and risk assessment	CCI, Part III.4 and Part V.1.
Article 22 Prior consultation of central authorities of other Member States	CCI, Part II, 2.3 and Part V, 2.3(a)-(d)
Article 23 Decision on the application	CCI, Part V. 2.1 (second indent), 2.2, CCI
CHAPTER IV	CHAPTER IV
Issuing of the visa
Article 24 Issuing of a uniform visa	CCI, Part V, 2.1
Article 25 Issuing of a visa with limited territorial validity	CCI, Part V, 3, Annex 14, CSA 11(2), 14(1) and 16
Article 26 Issuing of an airport transit visa	CCI, Part I, 2.1.1 — Joint Action 96/197/JHA
Article 27 Filling in the visa sticker	CCI, Part VI.1-2-3-4
Article 28 Invalidation of a completed visa sticker	CCI, Part VI, 5.2
Article 29 Affixing a visa sticker	CCI, Part VI, 5.3
Article 30 Rights derived from an issued visa	CCI, Part I, 2.1, last sentence
Article 31 Information of central authorities of other Member States	—
Article 32 Refusal of a visa	—
CHAPTER V	CHAPTER V
Modification of an issued visa
Article 33 Extension	Com-ex (93) 21
Article 34 Annulment and revocation	Com-ex (93) 24 and Annex 14 to the CCI
CHAPTER VI	CHAPTER VI
Visas issued at the external borders
Article 35 Visas applied for at the external border	Regulation (EC) No 415/2003
Article 36 Visas issued to seafarers in transit at the external border	Regulation (EC) No 415/2003
TITLE IV	TITLE IV
ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION
Article 37 Organisation of visa sections	CCI, VII, 1-2-3
Article 38 Resources for examining applications and monitoring of consulates	—
	CCI, Part VII, 1A
Article 39 Conduct of staff	CCI, Part III.5
Article 40 Forms of cooperation	CCI, Part VII, 1AA
Article 41 Cooperation between Member States	CCI, Part VII, 1AA
Article 42 Recourse to honorary consuls	CCI, Part VII, AB
Article 43 Cooperation with external service providers	CCI, Part VII, 1B
Article 44 Encryption and secure transfer of data	CCI, Part II, 1.2, PART VII, 1.6, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth subparagraphs
Article 45 Member States’ cooperation with commercial intermediaries	CCI, VIII, 5.2
Article 46 Compilation of statistics	SCH Com-ex (94) 25 and (98) 12
Article 47 Information to the general public	—
TITLE V	TITLE V
LOCAL SCHENGEN COOPERATION
Article 48 Local Schengen cooperation between Member States’ consulates	CCI, VIII, 1-3-4
TITLE VI	TITLE VI
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 49 Arrangements in relation to the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games	—
Articles 50 Amendments to the Annexes	—
Article 51 Instructions on the practical application of the Visa Code	—
Article 52 Committee procedure	—
Article 53 Notification	—
Article 54 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008	—
Article 55 Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 562/2006	—
Article 56 Repeals	—
Article 57 Monitoring and evaluation	—
Article 58 Entry into force	—

ANNEXES

Annex I Harmonised application form	CCI, Annex 16
Annex II Non-exhaustive list of supporting documents	Partially CCI, V, 1.4.
Annex III Uniform format and use of the stamp indicating that a visa application is admissible	CCI, VIII, 2
Annex IV Common list of third countries, listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001whose 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	CCI, Annex 3, Part I
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	CCI, Annex 3, Part III
Annex VI Standard form for notifying and motivating refusal, annulment or revocation of a visa	—
Annex VII Filling in the visa sticker	CCI, Part VI, 1-4, Annex 10
Annex VIII Affixing the visa sticker	CCI, Part VI, 5.3
Annex IX Rules for issuing visas at the border to seafarers in transit subject to visa requirements	Regulation (EC) No 415/2003, Annexes I and II
Annex X List of minimum requirements to be included in the legal instrument in the case of cooperation with external service providers	CCI, Annex 19
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	—
Annex XII Annual statistics on uniform visas, visas with limited territorial validity and airport transit visas	—

[^E0001]: OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1.

[^E0002]: Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7).

[^E0003]: OJ L 164, 14.7.1995, p. 1.

[^E0004]: Decision No 1105/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the list of travel documents which entitle the holder to cross the external borders and which may be endorsed with a visa and on setting up a mechanism for establishing this list (OJ L 287, 4.11.2011, p. 9).

[^E0005]: OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 4.

[^E0006]: Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73).

[^E0007]: OJ L 267, 27.9.2006, p. 41.

[^E0008]: Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the Rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p. 1).

[^E0009]: Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 21).

[^E0010]: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).

[^E0011]: Council Decision 2010/427/EU of 26 July 2010 establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (OJ L 201, 3.8.2010, p. 30).

[^E0012]: OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.

[^E0013]: Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).

[^E0014]: OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1.’;

[^E0016]: OJ L 63, 13.3.1996, p. 8.

[^E0017]: OJ L 116, 26.4.2001, p. 2.

[^E0018]: OJ L 150, 6.6.2001, p. 4.

[^E0019]: OJ L 64, 7.3.2003, p. 1.

[^E0020]: OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 1.

[^E0021]: No logo is required for Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

[^E0025]: No logo is required for Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

[^E0026]: Revocation of a visa based on this reason is not subject to the right of appeal.

[^E0027]: If required by national law.

[^E0028]: OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77.

[^E0029]: Reference to the ISO code of the organising Member State.