‘1. External borders may in principle only be crossed at border crossing points and during the fixed opening hours. More detailed provisions, exceptions and arrangements for local border traffic, and rules governing special categories of maritime traffic such as pleasure boating and coastal fishing, shall be adopted by the Executive Committee.

2. The Contracting Parties undertake to introduce penalties for the unauthorised crossing of external borders at places other than crossing points or at times other than the fixed opening hours’

— persons in respect of whom provision is made for the appropriate permits under bilateral agreements on local border traffic, — known in Italy as ‘local border traffic’ or ‘excursion traffic’ (3) .

— seamen who go ashore in accordance with point 6.5.2.

1.3.1. (3)  The competent authorities under national law may issue individuals or groups of persons with a special permit enabling them to cross the external border at places other than authorised crossing points or outside the stipulated times:

In all cases, such a permit may be issued only if the person requesting it produces the necessary documents when crossing the border.

1.3.2. Nationals of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands shall be authorised to cross, at any point, the borders of the State whose nationality they hold.

1.3.3. Derogations from the provisions of point 1.2. in connection with local border traffic, known in Italy as ‘local border traffic’ or ‘excursion traffic’, are granted in accordance with the bilateral agreements concluded by the Member States with bordering third States (3) .

‘1. For stays not exceeding three months, aliens fulfilling the following conditions may be granted entry into the territories of the Contracting Parties:

2. An alien who does not fulfil all the above conditions must be refused entry into the territories of the Contracting Parties unless a Contracting Party considers it necessary to derogate from that principle for humanitarian grounds, on grounds of national interest or because of international obligations. In such cases authorisation to enter will be restricted to the territory of the Contracting Party concerned, which must inform the other Contracting Parties accordingly.

3. Aliens who hold residence permits or re-entry visas issued by one of the Contracting Parties or, where required, both documents, shall be authorised entry for transit purposes, unless their names are on the national list of alerts of the Contracting Party whose external borders they are seeking to cross’

2.1. A list, for each country, of the documents recognised as valid for the crossing of external borders and of those which may bear a visa, in the case of aliens subject to the visa requirement, is set out in Annex 4. A list of, and specimen residence permits and return visas, provided for under Article 5(3) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, are set out in Annex 11.

‘1. A uniform visa valid for the entire territory of the Contracting Parties shall be introduced. This visa, the period of validity of which shall be determined by Article 11, may be issued for visits not exceeding three months.

2. Pending the introduction of such a visa, the Contracting Parties shall recognise their respective national visas, provided that these are issued in accordance with common conditions and criteria determined in the context of the relevant provisions of this Chapter.

3. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, each Contracting Party shall reserve the right to restrict the territorial validity of the visa in accordance with common arrangements determined in the context of the relevant provisions of this Chapter’

‘1. The visa provided for in Article 10 may be:

2. Paragraph 1 shall not preclude a Contracting Party from issuing a new visa, the validity of which is limited to its own territory, within the half-year in question if necessary’

— uniform visas for stays not exceeding three months,

— transit visas,

— visas of limited territorial validity for stays not exceeding three months,

— visas for stays of over three months.

3.1.1. A list of States for whose nationals a visa is required by all the Contracting Parties is given in Annex 5. The uniform visa will be issued to the nationals of the States appearing on that list. Aliens subject to a visa requirement by only one Contracting Party must also obtain a uniform visa from that Contracting Party, having regard to the provisions of Article 5(1) of the Convention; this visa will state that the holder is required to hold a visa only by the Contracting Party concerned. Where an alien is required to hold a visa by several Contracting Parties, the uniform visa issued by one of these Contracting Parties in accordance with the provisions of this point (third sentence) will also be valid for the other Contracting Parties requiring the alien to hold a visa.

3.1.2. A technical description of the stick-in visa is given in Annex 6. Details of how to complete the stick-in visa are set out in Annex 6a. The details to be completed by the Contracting Parties, where necessary, under ‘comments’ are set out in Annex 6b. The instructions on completing details in the optical reading area are given in Annex 6c.

3.1.3. Specimen stick-in visas with examples of possible endorsements are given in Annex 7.

3.1.4. The endorsements printed on the stick-in visa are to be in English, French and the respective national languages.

3.2.1. Visas with limited territorial validity shall be issued by:

3.2.2. A visa with limited territorial validity is a national visa whose validity is limited to the territory of the State(s) which issued it. This visa does not enable its holder to invoke Article 19 of the Convention for the purposes of staying in the territory of the other Contracting Parties.

3.2.3. A visa with limited territorial validity shall be identified in a specific manner. A specimen of this type of visa is shown in Annex 8.

3.2.4. Rules and procedures governing information to be sent by Contracting Parties when issuing visas with limited territorial validity, when cancelling, revoking and reducing the duration of uniform visas and when issuing national residence permits are described in Annex 8a.

3.3.1. Long-stay visas are national visas. They allow the holder to travel through the territory of the other Contracting Parties only in order to go to the territory of the Contracting Party which issued the visa, unless he fails to meet the conditions for entry laid down in Article 5(1)(a), (d) and (e) of the Convention or if he appears on the national alert list of the Contracting Party through whose territory transit is requested.

3.3.2. A specimen long-stay visa is shown in Annex 9.

3.4. Documents having the same value as a visa, authorising the crossing of external borders: FTD/FRTD

For facilitated transit, an FTD or an FRTD can be issued in accordance with Council Regulations (EC) No 693/2003 ( 4 ) and (EC) No 694/2003 ( 5 ) (See Annex 15).

‘1. Cross-border movement at external borders shall be subject to checks by the competent authorities. Checks shall be carried out for the Contracting Parties' territories, in accordance with uniform principles, within the scope of national powers and national law, and taking account of the interests of all Contracting Parties.’

4.1.1. In order to provide proof or to establish the likelihood of the reasons given for entry, the following may in particular be required:

4.1.2. Aliens wishing to enter the territory of the Contracting Parties must have sufficient means of subsistence for the expected duration of the stay and for the return journey or transit to a third State. Means of subsistence shall be assessed in accordance with the purpose of the stay and by reference to average prices for board and lodging. The reference amounts set each year by each of the Contracting Parties are shown in Annex 10.

The presumption of sufficient means of subsistence will be based, for example, on the cash, travellers' cheques, credit cards, and the appropriate number of Eurocheques supported by a Eurocheque card and statements in respect of guarantees in the alien's possession.

— the alien has been convicted of an offence carrying a custodial sentence of at least one year,

— there are serious grounds for believing that the alien has committed serious offences, including those referred to in Article 71 of the Convention, or that he intends to commit such offences in the territory any of the Contracting Parties,

— the alien has been the subject of a deportation, removal or expulsion measure and the measure is accompanied by an actual prohibition on entry or residence or entails such a prohibition.

‘2. The standard principles referred to in paragraph 1 shall be as follows:

1.1.1. Checks at external borders are to be carried out by officers of the border police forces or of the services of the Contracting Parties responsible in accordance with national law for border police duties.

These services are:

1.1.2. When carrying out these duties, officers are vested with the powers of border police and the powers to instigate criminal proceedings conferred on them by national law.

1.2.1. Checks on movements at external borders will cover:

1.2.2. The principle of proportionality must be complied with in the performance of border police duties.

1.3.1. the minimum check referred to in Article 6(2)b of the Convention which is intended to establish a person's identity, consists of an identity check on the basis of the travelling documents produced or presented and in rapid and straightforward verification of the validity of the document authorising the holder to cross the border and of the presence of signs of falsification or counterfeiting.

1.3.2. the thorough check referred to in Article 6(2)c involves, in addition to the basic check:

1.3.3. Without prejudice to the provisions of points 1.3.5.1, 1.3.5.2 and 1.3.5.3, all persons shall be subject to a minimum check upon entry and exit.

As a general rule, aliens shall be subject to a thorough check on entry and exit.

1.3.4. Nationals of the Member States of the European Community shall be subject to random thorough checks on entry and on exit in certain cases where there is reason to believe that the persons concerned might compromise public policy, national security or health.

1.3.5. Checks at land borders may be relaxed as a result of special circumstances. This will be the case, in particular, where the intensity of traffic results in excessive delay in the time taken to reach checking posts, and all resources have been exhausted as regards staff, facilities and organisation.

1.4.1. The decision to refuse entry is to be substantiated and will be effective immediately (or, where appropriate, on expiry of the time limit laid down by national law), whereby an alien who does not fulfil the conditions for entry laid down in Article 5 of the Convention is not allowed to enter the territory any of the Contracting Parties or to stay there. The alien must acknowledge receipt of the decision. The decision is taken by the authority empowered to do so by national law which shall state the procedures for appeal where these exist. ►M4  To that end a standard form for refusal of entry at the border as contained in Annex 16 shall be filled in and handed to the alien concerned. ◄

1.4.1a When refusing entry, the checking officer will affix an entry stamp on the passport, cancelled by an indelible cross in black ink, and enter on the right hand side in indelible ink the letter(s) indicating the reason(s) for refusal of entry as set out in the standard form for refusal of entry at the border as contained in Annex 16.

1.4.2. Officers responsible for checks will ensure that an alien refused entry does not enter the territory of the Contracting Party or, if he has already entered it, leaves immediately.

1.4.3. If an alien, refused entry, has been brought to the border by a carrier by air, sea or land, the authority responsible locally must order that carrier to assume responsibility for the alien without delay. The carrier may be made to bear the costs of lodging, maintenance and the return journey. The authority responsible locally must order the alien to be transported to the third State from which he was brought, to the third State which issued the document authorising him to cross the border, or to any other third State where he is guaranteed admittance. If the carrier cannot comply with the onward transportation order immediately, he must ensure that another carrier effects immediate transportation to a third State. Pending onward transportation, the authority responsible locally is required, in compliance with national law and having regard to local circumstances, to take appropriate measures in order to prevent aliens refused entry from entering illegally (e.g. by keeping them in the international area of the airport, prohibiting them from going ashore in ports or keeping them in a detention centre).

1.4.4. Where the officer responsible for checks notes that the holder of a short-stay visa has been the subject of an alert in the SIS for the purposes of being refused entry, he shall cancel the visa by applying a stamp stating ‘CANCELLED’. He must inform his central authorities of this decision forthwith.

If the holder of a short-stay visa is refused entry, the provisions laid down in point 1.4.1(a) must be applied.

1.4.5. Any refusal of entry must be recorded in a register or on a list stating identity, nationality, the references of the document authorising the alien to cross the border and the reason for and date of refusal of entry.

1.4.6. If there are grounds both for refusing an alien entry and arresting him, the judicial authorities responsible must be contacted to decide on the action to be taken in accordance with national law.

1.4.7. ( 6 ) Specific arrangements for persons entitled under Community law (citizens of the European Union, nationals of States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and nationals of the Swiss Confederation, and members of their families) are described in points 6.1.1 to 6.1.4.

The provisions of points 1.4.2, 1.4.5 and 1.4.6 shall also apply to citizens of the European Union, nationals of States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and nationals of the Swiss Confederation.

In addition to the provisions mentioned in the second subparagraph, the provisions of points 1.4.1(a), 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.8 (subject to the provisions of point 6.1.4) and 1.4.9 shall also apply to members of the families of citizens of the European Union, nationals of States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and nationals of the Swiss Confederation, who are not nationals of one of those States.

1.4.8. If an alien who does not fulfil the conditions for entry given in Article 5(1) of the Convention invokes the provisions of Article 5(2) of the Convention and requests entry and transit by the external border of a Contracting Party other than the one which has agreed, by way of exception to allow him to reside there, he must be sent back and allowed to present himself at the external border of the latter Contracting Party, for the purpose of entering its territory.

1.4.9. If, in addition to a valid travel document, an alien is in possession of a residence permit or a return visa or, where appropriate, both these documents, issued by one of the Contracting Parties, as provided for in Annex 11, he must be authorised to enter and pass through so that he can reach the territory of that Contracting Party, unless an alert has been entered on this alien in the national list of the Contracting Party at whose external border he requests entry and where that alert does not specify action to be taken to prevent entry and transit.

2.1.1. When the territory of a Contracting Party is entered, a stamp shall be affixed to:

No entry stamp shall be affixed to the documents of nationals of the Member States of the European Community.

2.1.2. The exit stamp shall be placed on documents authorising an alien to cross the border which contain a multiple-entry visa with a restriction on the total length of stay.

2.1.3. Upon initial entry, the stamp must, if possible, be affixed so that it covers the edge of the visa without affecting the legibility of the indications on the visa or the security features of the stick-in visa. If several stamps have to be inserted (for example in the case of a multiple-entry visa), this shall be done on the page facing the one on which the visa is affixed.

If that page cannot be used, the stamp will be entered on the following page.

2.1.4. Different shaped stamps (rectangular for entry, rectangular with rounded corners for exit) will be used to certify entry and exit. These stamps will contain the letter(s) identifying the State, the name of the border post, the date, the serial number and a pictogram indicating the type of border crossed (land, sea or air).

2.1.5. Entry and exit stamps shall not be affixed:

2.1.6. Exceptionally, at the request of an alien, insertion of an entry or exit stamp may be dispensed with if insertion might cause serious difficulties for that person. In that case, entry or exit must then be recorded on a separate sheet indicating the name and passport number.

‘3. The competent authorities shall use mobile units to carry out surveillance on external borders between crossing points; the same shall apply to border crossing points outside normal opening hours. This surveillance shall be carried out in such a way as to discourage people from circumventing the checks at crossing points. The surveillance procedures shall, where appropriate, be established by the Executive Committee’

2.2.1. The main purpose of surveillance of external borders at places other than border crossing points and surveillance of these crossing points outside opening times is to prevent unauthorised border crossings, to counter cross-border criminality and to apply or to take measures against individuals who have crossed the border illegally.

2.2.2. Such surveillance shall be carried out in accordance with police tactical criteria, by appropriate numbers of staff for the situation in hand. It will involve frequent and sudden changes to surveillance periods, so that unauthorised border crossings will be an ongoing risk.

2.2.3. Surveillance shall be carried out by mobile units which perform their duties by patrolling or stationing themselves at places known or perceived to be sensitive, the aim of such surveillance being to apprehend individuals crossing the border illegally. Surveillance may also be carried out by technical means, including electronic means.

2.2.4. The resources used shall be selected in accordance with the conditions of intervention and in particular in accordance with the type and nature of the border (land, inland waterway or sea).

— the names of the official responsible locally for border checks and of the other officers in each team,

— relaxation of checks on persons applied in accordance with point 1.3.5,

— the issuing of documents in place of passports and of visas or permits issued at the border,

— persons apprehended and complaints (criminal offences and administrative breaches),

— persons refused entry or exit (number and nationalities),

— other particularly important police or judicial measures,

— particular occurrences.

3.1.1. To ensure effective checks on persons, while ensuring the safety and smooth flow of road traffic, movements at border crossing points must be regulated in an appropriate manner. In case of need, measures to channel and block traffic will be taken in compliance with the agreements on colocated national control offices.

3.1.2. As a general rule, persons travelling in vehicles may remain inside them during checks. Checks must in principle be made outside the checkpoint kiosk, beside the vehicle. Thorough checks will have to take place, if local circumstances allow, beside the highway in areas designated for that purpose. In the interests of staff safety, checks will be carried out where possible by two officers with responsibility for border checks and surveillance or by customs officers.

3.1.3. In the event of heavy traffic, bus passengers on regular local lines must be checked first where the local situation allows.

3.2.1. The authorities responsible for border checks and surveillance must ensure that train passengers and railway staff, including those crossing external borders on goods trains or empty trains are checked in accordance with the provisions of Part II, points 1.2, 1.3 et seq.

3.2.2. Controls on rail traffic may be carried out in the following two ways:

When carrying out these controls, the provisions of agreements on colocated national control offices should be taken into account.

3.2.3. The official responsible for checks locally may order the cavities of cars to be inspected sporadically or for specific reasons, if necessary with the assistance of the train inspector, to ensure that persons or objects subject to border police checks are not concealed in them. The officer carrying out the checks shall operate on the basis of his national responsibilities.

Where there are reasons to believe that persons who have been reported or suspected of having committed an offence, or aliens intending to enter illegally, are hiding on a train, the checking officer, if he cannot act in accordance with his national provisions, shall notify the Contracting Parties within whose territory the train is moving.

3.2.4. In the case of persons travelling in sleeper or couchette compartments, the documents enabling them to cross the border shall normally be checked in the compartment of the attendant, provided that he has collected these documents in compliance with the rules applicable to him and that he keeps them available for checks. At the beginning of the check the existence of the documents enabling all the passengers to cross the border must be verified by comparing these documents with the occupancy and/or booking list. The identity of the persons in the compartments must be verified, if possible in the presence of the attendant, at irregular intervals or where specific reasons exist.

‘1. As from 1993 the Contracting Parties shall guarantee that passengers on flights from third States who board internal flights will first be subject, upon arrival, to personal and hand baggage checks in the airport of arrival of their external flights. Passengers on internal flights who board flights bound for third States will first be subject, on departure, to personal and hand baggage checks in the airport of departure of their external flights.

2. The Contracting Parties shall take the requisite measures to ensure that checks are carried out in accordance with paragraph 1.

3. Neither paragraph 1 nor paragraph 2 shall affect checks on registered luggage; such checks shall be carried out either in the airport of final destination or in the airport of initial departure.

4. Until the date laid down in paragraph 1, airports shall, by way of derogation from the definition of internal borders, be considered as external borders for internal flights’

3.3.1. ( 8 ) The place where persons and hand baggage are checked will be determined in accordance with the following procedure:

3.3.2. Checks on persons shall not normally be carried out on the aircraft. In order to ensure that passengers may be checked in accordance with the provisions of Part II, points 1 and 2, at the airports designated as authorised border crossing points, passenger traffic should be channelled, in agreement with the airport authorities and the transport undertaking, to facilities reserved for checks. The airport authority must take the necessary measures to prevent unauthorised persons from entering or leaving restricted areas, such as the transit area, for instance.

3.3.3. Special provisions for checks on the members of aircraft crews are set out in Part II, point 6.4.2.

3.3.4. Where, in cases of force majeure, imminent danger, or on the instructions of the authorities, an aircraft on an international flight has to land on a landing ground which is not an authorised border crossing-point, that aircraft may continue its flight only after authorisation from the authorities responsible for border checks and surveillance and from customs. The same shall apply where a foreign aircraft lands without permission. The rules set out in Part II, points 1 and 2, shall apply to checks on aircraft passengers.

3.3.5. The arrangements for the entry and exit of:

shall be laid down by national law and, where applicable, by bilateral agreements.

3.3.6.1. It is necessary to ensure that, in accordance with the rules set out in Part II, points 1 and 2, the means to check passengers also exists in aerodromes, i.e. airports which do not hold the statue of international airport under the competent national law, but through which the routing of international flights is authorised.

3.3.6.2. In general it shall not be necessary to make necessary arrangements in aerodromes to ensure that inflows of passengers from internal and international flights are physically separated. When the volume of traffic is low, the checking officers need not be present at all times, provided that there is a guarantee that the necessary personnel can be deployed in good time.

3.3.6.3. When the presence of the checking officers is not assured at all times in the aerodrome, the director of this aerodrome is required to give adequate notice to the authorities responsible for carrying out border checks about the arrival and the departure of internationally-routed airplanes. Calling in auxiliary police officers is authorised, provided that this is permissible under national law.

3.3.7. In order to prevent dangers, checks must be carried out, in airports and aerodromes, on passengers on internal flights, where uncertainty exists whether such passengers are exclusively coming from, or solely bound for, the territories of the Contracting Parties without landing on the territory of a third State.

3.4.1.1. ‘Maritime traffic’ means all shipping for business purposes between two or more ports or moorings, with the exclusion of regular ferry services, pleasure boating, coastal fisheries and inland waterway transport.

3.4.1.2. Under the international provisions regulating maritime traffic, ‘passenger’ means any person on board a vessel who is not a member of the crew.

3.4.1.3. ‘Crew’ means the persons whose names appear on the crew list and who have been employed in order to carry out activities on board the vessel directly linked to shipping.

3.4.1.4. ‘Shipowner's agent’ means the individual or corporation who represents the shipowner on the spot in all matters relating to the shipowner's duties in fitting out the vessel.

3.4.1.5. ‘Scheduled ferry service’ means all services exclusively from or to other ports situated in the territory of the Contracting Parties, which do not call at ports situated outside the territory of the Contracting Parties and which carry persons and vehicles in accordance with a scheduled timetable.

3.4.1.6. ‘Cruise ship’ means a ship which follows a given itinerary in accordance with a predetermined programme, whose passengers take part in a collective programme of tourist activities in the various ports and which normally neither takes passengers on nor allows passengers to disembark during the voyage.

3.4.1.7. ‘Pleasure boating’ means the use of pleasure boats equipped with sails and/or an engine for private use which are used for sporting or tourism purposes.

3.4.1.8. ‘Coastal fisheries’ means fishing carried out with the aid of vessels which return every day or after a few days to a port situated in the territory of a Contracting Party without calling at a port situated in a third State.

3.4.2.1. Checks shall normally be carried out at the port of arrival or departure, on board ship or in an area set aside for the purpose, located in the immediate vicinity of the port.

In accordance with the agreements reached on the matter, checks may also be carried out during crossings or, upon the ship's arrival or departure, in the territory of a third State.

3.4.2.2. The purpose of checks is to ensure that both crew and passengers fulfil the conditions laid down in Part II, points 1 and 2.

3.4.2.3. In the event of special circumstances as defined in 1.3.5, checks on shipping traffic may be relaxed.

In the case of very heavy traffic and where it proves impossible, despite the mobilisation of all staff and organisational resources, to check all passengers, officers may carry out spot checks, in accordance with the priorities that correspond to the specific situation, as established by the official responsible locally. In such cases, entry checks shall normally take priority over exit checks.

3.4.2.4. Checks on crew members shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Part II, points 6.5 et seq.

3.4.3.1. The ship's captain, or failing that the shipowner's agent representing the shipping company, shall draw up a list, in duplicate, of the crew and, if possible, of the passengers and upon arriving in the port shall give it to the officers responsible for checks, which shall be carried out on board ship or nearby. If, for reasons of force majeure this list cannot be sent to the officers carrying out checks, a copy must be sent to the appropriate border post or shipping authority, which will see that it is forwarded without delay to the authorities empowered to carry out border checks.

As regards scheduled ferry services, the ship's captain or, in his place, the shipowner's agent representing the shipping company shall not be required to draw up a passenger list.

3.4.3.2. One copy of the two lists duly signed by the checking officer shall be returned to the ship's captain who must be able to produce it on request when in port.

3.4.3.3. The ship's captain, or failing that the shipowner's agent must report promptly any changes to the composition of the crew or the number of passengers.

3.4.3.4. In addition, the captain is required to notify the competent authorities promptly, and if possible even before the ship enters port, of the presence on board of stowaways. Stowaways shall, however, remain under the responsibility of the ship's captain.

3.4.3.5. The ship's captain, or failing that the shipowner's agent, must notify the border authorities of the ship's departure in good time and in accordance with the rules in force in the port concerned; if he is unable to notify these authorities, he must advise the appropriate shipping authority. The second copy of the previously completed and signed list(s) shall be returned to these authorities.

3.4.4.1. Passengers and crew on board ferries providing scheduled services as referred to in point 3.4.1.5 shall not normally be checked.

3.4.4.2. If a cruise ship calls in succession at several ports situated in the territory of the Contracting Parties without calling at a port situated outside this territory, checks shall normally be carried out only at the first and last port situated within the territory of the Contracting Parties.

3.4.4.3. As a general rule, checks on persons on board pleasure boats from a third State shall be carried out upon entering and upon exiting a port which is an authorised border crossing-point of the territory of the Contracting Parties.

However, where a pleasure boat wishes, exceptionally, to enter a port which is not an authorised border crossing-point, the authorities responsible for checks must be notified if possible before the vessel enters the port, and in any event upon its arrival. The declaration regarding passengers shall be made by lodging the list of persons on board ship with the local authorities. This list shall be made available to the authorities responsible for carrying out checks.

Each Contracting Party may require pleasure boats from a third State to dock in an authorised port of entry in which checks are carried out on the persons on board.

During these checks, a document containing all the technical characteristics of the vessel and the names of the persons on board shall be handed in.

A copy of this document will be given to the authorities in the first authorised port of entry, and another copy to the authorities in the last authorised port before departure to a third State. As long as the vessel remains in the territorial waters of one of the Contracting Parties, a copy of this list must be included amongst the ship's papers.

If for reasons of force majeure the vessel has to dock in another port, the authorities in the nearest authorised port of entry must be contacted.

3.4.4.4. The crews of coastal fisheries vessels who return every day or nearly every day to the port of registration or to any other port situated in the territory of the Contracting Parties without docking in a port situated in the territory of a third State shall not normally be checked. If, however, the coastline of a third State is located in the immediate vicinity of the territory of a Contracting Party, spot checks should be carried out in order to combat clandestine immigration. This provision shall apply to persons on game fishing trips who occasionally spend a day on board vessels for this purpose.

The crews of coastal fisheries vessels not registered in a port situated in the territory of a Contracting Party shall be checked in accordance with the provisions of points 3.4.2 and 6.5.

The ship's captain or, failing that the shipowner's agent representing the shipping company, is required to notify the appropriate authorities of any alteration to the crew list and of the presence of any passengers.

(a) a distinction should be drawn between the controls carried out on aliens and the controls carried out on EU/EEA nationals, who are only subject to minimum checks. Where possible, the necessary construction work should be undertaken to ensure this;

(b) ferry passengers without their own mode of transport (foot passengers) shall be controlled individually;

(c) controls on vehicle occupants shall be carried out while they are at the vehicle;

(d) ferry passengers travelling by coach are to be considered as foot passengers. These passengers shall alight from the coach for the controls;

(e) controls on heavy goods vehicle drivers and any accompanying persons shall be conducted while the occupants are at the vehicle. It is recommended that specific customs clearance arrangements be provided for this, separate from the other passengers;

(f) so that the controls can be completed swiftly there should be an adequate number of control bays, and where appropriate a second line of controls should be organised;

(g) so as to detect illegal immigrants in particular, random checks should, at the very least, be made on the vehicles used by the passengers, and where applicable on the loads and other goods stowed in the vehicle;

(h) ferry crew members will be dealt with in the same way as commercial ship crew members.

3.5.1. Inland waterways shipping involving the crossing of an external border covers the use, for business or pleasure purposes, of all types of boat and floating vessels on rivers, canals and lakes.

3.5.2. As regards boats used for business purposes, the captain and the persons employed on board who appear on the crew list and members of the families of these persons who live on board shall be regarded as crew members or equivalent.

3.5.3. The relevant provisions of point 3.4.1 and the provisions of points 3.4.2, 3.4.3 and 3.4.4 shall apply.

between central services:

between central services and, if the need arises, between check posts:

Depending on its nature, information will be sent between central or local national services by the following means:

5.2. Visas shall be issued by affixing a stamp or a sticker on the travel document which may bear a visa. If there is not sufficient space in this document, the stamp or sticker shall be affixed, by way of exception, on a separate sheet inserted in the document. Specimen separate sheets are shown in Annex 12.

5.3. Conditions for the issue of uniform visas at the border are shown in Annex 14.

5.4. The fees to be charged for the issue of visas are shown in Annex 14a.

5.5. The list of visas subject to prior consultation with the central authorities, in accordance with Article 17(2) is shown in Annex 14b.

5.6. Visas issued at the border should be recorded on a list.

6.1.1. In order to enter the territory of the Contracting Parties, nationals of the Member States of the European Community must hold a valid document enabling them to cross the border as provided for in Annex 4, but shall be exempt from the visa requirement.

6.1.2. Aliens who under Community law enjoy freedom of movement as family members of nationals of Member States but who, because of their nationality, are subject to the requirement for a visa to enter the territory of the Contracting Parties shall remain subject to this requirement. This will not affect the possibility referred to in point 6.2, of entering without a visa being required.

Family members entitled to freedom of movement are:

6.1.3. A national of a Member State of the European Community who holds the document required to cross the border can be refused entry to the territory of a Contracting Party other than the one whose nationality he holds only if he is likely to jeopardise public policy, national security (or public health). The national lists of wanted persons may be consulted for this purpose and may result in entry being refused.

If in such a case, the official responsible for carrying out checks refuses to allow a national of a Member State of the European Community to enter the territory of a Contracting Party, he shall give him written notification thereof, setting out the reasons for refusal.

6.1.4. Apart from the cases relating to the absence of the necessary documents referred to in point 6.1.2, the aliens referred to in that point can be refused entry only on specific grounds related to public policy, national security or public health. Flexibility must be shown in taking decisions on issuing visas at the border to family members of nationals of Member States of the European Community who are entitled to freedom of movement although subject to the requirement for a visa.

As regards refusing entry, the provisions laid down in point 1.4.1 shall be applied in accordance with national law.

6.3.1. The travel document for refugees, issued pursuant to the Convention on the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 (Geneva Convention on Refugees), shall be accepted as a document enabling the holder to cross borders.

The visa arrangements for the holders of a travel document for refugees shall be regulated by national law. However, the following special rules must be complied with:

6.3.2. The travel document for Stateless persons, issued pursuant to the Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons of 28 September 1954, shall be accepted as a document enabling the holder to cross the border with the exception of entry to the territory of the Portuguese Republic.

Holders of a travel document for Stateless persons shall be subject to the requirement for an entry visa unless they hold a residence permit issued by one of the Contracting Parties.

6.4.1. The holders of a pilot's licence or a crew member certificate as provided for in Annex 9 to the Civil Aviation Convention of 7 December 1944 are exempt from the requirement for a passport and a visa provided that in the course of their duties:

6.4.2. The provisions of Part II, points 1.3 et seq., regulate checks on aircraft crew.

Wherever possible, priority must be given to checks on aircraft crews. Specifically, they shall be checked either before passengers or at special locations set aside for the purpose. Crews known to staff responsible for checks in the performance of their duties may be subject to random checks only.

6.5.1. ‘Seamen’ means crews as defined in point 3.4.1.3.

6.5.2. Seamen holding a seaman's book or a seafarer's identity document (issued in accordance with the Geneva Convention of 13 May 1958) may, in accordance with the provisions of the London Convention of 9 April 1965 and national provisions, go ashore to stay in the area of the port where their ships call or in the adjacent municipalities without presenting themselves at a border crossing-point, on condition that they appear on the crew list, which has previously been submitted for checking, of the ship they belong to and that they hold a visa. If a sailor constitutes a threat to public policy or national security, he may be refused permission to go ashore.

6.5.3. Seamen who intend to stay outside the municipalities situated in the vicinity of ports must comply with the conditions for entry to the territory of the Contracting Parties and, in particular, must hold a valid travel document bearing a visa where appropriate and have sufficient means of subsistence.

6.5.4. Without prejudice to the provisions laid down in Part I, points 1 et seq., holders of a seaman's book or a seafarer's identity document may be authorised to enter the territory of the Contracting Parties only in the circumstances set out below:

In such cases, officers responsible for border checks shall conduct the necessary verification to ensure that entry checks have not been circumvented following relaxation of the requirement applied to this category of persons.

Such verification may take any of the following forms:

6.7.1. The status of cross-border workers shall be determined by the national law of the Contracting Parties.

6.7.2. The procedures for checking cross-border workers are governed by the provisions for checks on aliens. Checks may be relaxed in accordance with point 1.3.5.3.

6.8.1. Minors crossing the border shall be subject to the same checks as adults, even where they are accompanied by persons having parental care over them.

►M3  Staff carrying out checks must pay particular attention to minors, whether travelling accompanied or unaccompanied ◄ . They must ensure wherever possible that minors do not leave the territory against the wishes of the persons having parental care over them.

(…) ( 10 ).

6.9.1. The intensity of checks to which group trip participants are subject will normally depend on their nationality.

6.9.2. In particular cases, such as for example school trips or groups of retired people or pilgrims, checks may be restricted to verification on the basis of the occupancy list or spot checks on travellers. Whatever the situation, normal procedure shall apply to checks on the group leader.

— United Nations laissez-passer issued to staff of the United Nations and subordinate agencies under the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of Specialised Agencies adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 21 November 1947 in New York,

— laissez-passer issued by the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC),

— European Economic Community (EEC) laissez-passer,

— European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) laissez-passer,

— legitimacy certificate issued by the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe,

— documents issued by a NATO Headquarters (military ID card accompanied by a travel order, travel warrant, or an individual or group service order).

— Brussels national airport (Zaventem)

— Ostend

— Deurne

— Bierset

— Gosselies

— Wevelgem (aerodrome)

— Antwerp

— Ostend

— Zeebrugge

— Nieuwpoort

— Gent

— Blankenberge

— Eurostar (Channel Tunnel)

— Brussels-Zuid/Midi

— Aabenraa Havn

— Aalborg Havn A/S

— Aalborg Portland A/S

— Aarø Havn

— Aarøsund Havn

— Aggersund Kalkværks Udskibningsbro (Løgstør)

— Allinge Havn

— Asnæs-, Advedøre-, Kyndby-, Masnedø-, Stigsnæsværkets Havne

— Assens Havn

— Bagenkop Havn

— Bandholm Havn

— Bogense Havn

— Bønnerup Havn

— Dansk Salt A/S' Anlægskaj (Mariager)

— Det Danske Stålvalseværk A/S' Havn (Frederiksværk)

— Dragør Havn

— Enstedværkets Havn (Aabenraa)

— Esbjerg Havn

— Faaborg Havn

— Fakse Ladeplads Fiskeri- og Lystbådehavn

— Faxe Havn

— Fredericia Havn

— Frederikshavn Havn

— Gedser Færgehavn

— Grenaa Havn

— Gråsten Havn

— Gulfhavn (på Stigsnæs ved Skælskør)

— Haderslev Havn

— Hals Havn

— Hanstholm Havn

— Hasle Havn

— Havnen ved Kolby Kås (Samsø)

— Helsingør Færgehavn

— Hirtshals Havn

— H.J. Hansen Hadsund A/S' Havn

— Hobro Havn

— Holbæk Havn

— Holstebro-Struer Havn

— Horsens Havn

— Hou Havn (Odder)

— Hundested Havn

— Hvide Sande Havn

— Kalundborg Havn

— Kaløvig Bådehavn

— Kerteminde Havn & Marina

— Klintholm Havn

— Kolding Havn

— Kongsdal Havn

— Korsør Havn

— Københavns Havn

— Køge Havn

— Lemvig Havn

— Lindø-Terminalen

— Lyngs Odde Ammoniakhavn

— Marstal Havn

— Middelfart Havn

— Nakskov Havn

— Nexø Havn

— NKT Trådværket A/S' Havn (Middelfart)

— Nordjyllandsværkets Havn

— Nykøbing F. Havn

— Nyborg Fritids- og Lystbådehavn samt Fiskerihavn

— Nyborg Havn A/S (Lindholm Havn og Avernakke Pier)

— Næstved Havn

— Odense Havn

— Odense Staalskibsværft A/S' Havn

— Orehoved Havn

— Randers Havn

— Rudkøbing Havn

— Rødby Færge- og Trafikhavn

— Rømø Havn

— Rønne Havn

— Skagen Havn

— Skive Havn

— Skærbækværkets Havn

— Statoil Pieren, Melbyvej 17 i Kalundborg

— Stege Havn

— Stevns Kridtbruds Udskibningspier

— Stubbekøbing Havn

— Studstrupværkets Havn (Skødstrup)

— Svaneke Havn

— Svendborg Trafikhavn

— Søby Havn

— Sønderborg Havn

— Sæby Havn

— Tejn Havn

— Thisted Havn

— Thorsminde Havn

— Thyborøn Havn

— Vang Havn

— Vejle Havn

— Vordingborg Havn

— Ærøskøbing Havn

— Århus Havn

— Fuglafjarðar Havn

— Klaksvikar Havn

— Kollafjarðar Havn

— Oyra Havn

— Runavikar Havn

— Tórshavnar Havn

— Tvøroyrar Havn

— Vágs Havn

— Aasiaat (Egedesminde)

— Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)

— Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund)

— Kangerlussuaq (Sdr. Strømfjord)

— Maniitsoq (Sukkertoppen)

— Nanortalik

— Narsaq

— Narsarsuaq

— Nuuk (Godthåb)

— Paamiut (Frederikshåb)

— Qaanaaq (Thule)

— Qaqortoq (Julianehåb)

— Qasigiannguit (Christianshåb)

— Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn)

— Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)

— Tasiilaq (tidl. Angmagssalik)

— Upernavik

— Uummannaq

— Aalborg Lufthavn

— Aarhus Lufthavn

— Billund Lufthavn

— Bornholms Lufthavn

— Esbjerg Lufthavn

— Herning Flyveplads

— Karup Lufthavn

— Koldingegnens Lufthavn, Vamdrup

— Københavns Lufthavn i Kastrup

— Københavns Lufthavn, Roskilde

— Lemvig Flyveplads

— Odense Lufthavn

— Skive Lufthavn

— Stauning Lufthavn

— Sønderborg Lufthavn

— Thisted Lufthavn

— Vojens Lufthavn

— Ærø Lufthavn

— Vágar Lufthavn

— Kangerlussuaq (Sdr. Strømfjord)

— Nuuk (Godthåb)

— Qaanaaq

Lindau-Städtischer Segelhafen

Lindau-Hafen

Bad Schachen

Wasserburg (Bodensee)

Langenargen

Friedrichshafen-Hafen

Meersburg

Überlingen

Mainau

Konstanz-Hafen

Insel Reichenau

Radolfzell

Rheinfelden-Rheinhafen

Wyhlen (Wyhlen GmbH)

Grenzach (Fa. Geigy)

Grenzach (Fa. Hoffmann La Roche AG)

Weil-Schiffsanlegestelle

Weil-Rheinhafen

List/Sylt

Hörnum/Sylt

Dagebüll

Wyk/Föhr

Wittdün/Amrum

Pellworm

Strucklahnungshörn/Nordstrand

Süderhafen/Nordstrand

Husum

Friedrichstadt

Tönning

Büsum

Meldorfer Hafen

Friedrichskoog

Helgoland

Itzehoe

Wewelsfleth

Brunsbüttel

Glückstadt

Elmshorn

Uetersen

Wedel

Hamburg

Hamburg-Neuenfelde

Buxtehude

Stade

Stadersand

Bützflether Sand

Otterndorf

Cuxhaven

Bremerhaven

Bremen

Lemwerder

Elsfleth

Brake

Großensiel

Nordenham

Fedderwardersiel

Eckwarderhörne

Varel

Wilhelmshaven

Hooksiel

Horumersiel

Carolinensiel (Harlesiel)

Neuharlingersiel

Bensersiel

Westeraccumersiel

Norddeich

Greetsiel

Wangerooge

Spiekeroog

Langeoog

Baltrum

Norderney

Juist

Borkum

Emden

Leer

Weener

Papenburg

Herbrum

Flensburg-Hafen

Flensburg-Mürwik (Hafenanlage der Bundesmarine)

Glücksburg

Langballigau

Quern-Neukirchen

Gelting

Maasholm

Schleimünde

Kappeln

Olpenitz (Hafenanlagen der Bundesmarine)

Schleswig

Ostseebad Damp

Eckernförde

Eckernförde (Hafenanlagen der Bundesmarine)

Surendorf (Hafenanlagen der Bundesmarine)

Rendsburg

Strande

Schilksee

Kiel-Holtenau

Kiel

Möltenort/Heikendorf

Jägersberg (Hafenanlage der Bundesmarine)

Laboe

Orth

Puttgarden Bahnhof

Puttgarden

Burgstaaken

Heiligenhafen

Großenbrode (Hafenanlagen der Bundesmarine)

Grömitz

Neustadt (Hafenanlage der Bundesmarine)

Niendorf

Lübeck-Travemünde

Lübeck

Timmendorf

Wolgast

Wismar

Warnemünde

Rostock Überseehafen

Stralsund

Libben

Bock

Saßnitz

Ruden

Greifswald-Ladebow Hafen

Kamminke

Ahlbeck Seebrücke

Anklam Hafen

Karnin

Ueckermünde

Altwarp Hafen

Eggebek

Flensburg-Schäferhaus

Helgoland-Düne

Hohn

Itzehoe-Hungriger Wolf

Kiel-Holtenau

Lübeck-Blankensee

Schleswig/Jagel

Westerland/Sylt

Wyk/Föhr

Barth

Heringsdorf

Neubrandenburg-Trollenhagen

Rostock-Laage

Bremen

Bremerhaven-Luneort

Borkum

Braunschweig-Waggum

Bückeburg-Achum

Celle

Damme/Dümmer-See

Diepholz

Emden

Fassberg

Ganderkesee

Hannover

Jever

Nordhorn-Lingen

Leer-Papenburg

Lemwerder, Werksflughafen der Weser-Flugzeugbau GmbH Bremen

Norderney

Nordholz

Osnabrück-Atterheide

Peine-Eddersee

Wangerooge

Wilhelmshaven-Mariensiel

Wittmundhafen

Wunstorf

Cottbus-Drewitz

Cottbus-Neuhausen

Kyritz

Nauen

Neuhausen

Schönhagen

Tegel

Tempelhof

Schönefeld

Aachen-Merzbrück

Arnsberg

Bielefeld-Windelsbleiche

Bonn-Hardthöhe

Dahlemer Binz

Dortmund-Wickede

Düsseldorf

Essen-Mülheim

Hangelar

Hopsten

Köln/Bonn

Marl/Loemühle

Meinerzhagen

Mönchengladbach

Münster-Osnabrück

Nörvenich

Paderborn-Lippstadt

Porta Westfalica

Rheine-Bentlage

Siegerland

Stadtlohn-Wenningfeld

Dresden

Leipzig-Halle

Rothenburg/Oberlausitz

Büchel

Föhren

Koblenz-Winningen

Mendig

Pferdsfeld

Pirmasens-Zweibrücken

Speyer

Worms-Bürgerweide-West

Saarbrücken-Ensheim

Saarlouis/Düren

Egelsbach

Allendorf/Eder

Frankfurt/Main

Fritzlar

Kassel-Calden

Reichelsheim

Aalen-Heidenheim-Elchingen

Baden Airport Karlsruhe Baden-Baden

Baden-Baden-Oos

Donaueschingen-Villingen

Freiburg/Brg.

Friedrichshafen-Löwentl

Heubach (Krs. Schwäb.Gmünd)

Karlsruhe Forchheim

Konstanz

Laupheim

Leutkirch-Unterzeil

Mannheim-Neuostheim

Mengen

Mosbach-Lohrbach

Niederstetten

Offenburg

Schwäbisch Hall

Stuttgart

Aschaffenburg

Augsburg-Mühlhausen

Bayreuth-Bindlacher Berg

Coburg-Brandensteinsebene

Eggenfelden/Niederbayern

Erding

Fürstenfeldbruck

Hassfurth-Mainwiesen

Herzogenaurach

Hof-Pirk

Ingolstadt

Kempten-Durach

Landsberg/Lech

Landshut-Ellermühle

Lechfeld

Leipheim

Memmingen

München ‘Franz Joseph Strauß’

Neuburg

Nürnberg

Oberpfaffenhofen, Werkflugplatz der Dornier-Werke GmbH

Passau-Vilshofen

Roth

Rothenburg o. d. Tauber

Straubing-Wallmühle

Weiden/Opf.

Würzburg am Schenkenturm

— Madrid-Barajas

— Barcelona

— Gran Canaria

— Palma de Mallorca

— Alicante

— Ibiza

— Malaga

— Sevilla

— Tenerife Sur

— Valencia

— Almeria

— Asturias

— Bilbao

— Fuerteventura

— Gerona

— Granada

— Lanzarote

— La Palma

— Menorca

— Santander

— Santiago

— Vitoria

— Saragossa

— Pamplona

— Jerez de la Fontera

— Valladolid

— Reus

— Vigo

— La Coruña

— Murcia

— Algeciras (Cadix)

— Alicante

— Almería

— Arrecife (Lanzarote)

— Avilés (Asturien)

— Barcelona

— Bilbao

— Cadiz

— Cartagena (Murcia)

— Castellón

— Ceuta

— Ferrol (La Coruña)

— Gijón

— Huelva

— Ibiza

— La Coruña

— La Línea de la Concepción

— La Luz (Las Palmas)

— Mahón

— Malaga

— Melilla

— Motril (Granada)

— Palma de Mallorca

— Sagunto (provincia de Valencia)

— San Sebastian

— Santa Cruz de Tenerife

— Santander

— Sevilla

— Tarragona

— Valencia

— Vigo

— Ceuta

— Melilla

— La Seo de Urgel

— La Línea de la Concepción ( 11 )

1. Abbeville

2. Agen-la Garenne

3. Ajaccio-Campo dell'Oro

4. Albi-le-Séquestre

5. Amiens-Glisy

6. Angers-Marcé

7. Angoulême-Brie-Champniers

8. Annecy Methet

9. Annemasse

10. Auxerre-Branches

11. Avignon-Caumont

12. Bâle-Mulhouse

13. Bastia-Poretta

14. Beauvais-Tillé

15. Bergerac-Roumanière

16. Besançon-La Vèze

17. Béziers-Vias

18. Biarritz-Bayonne-Anglet

19. Bordeaux-Mérignac

20. Bourges

21. Brest-Guipavas

22. Caen-Carpiquet

23. Cahors-Lalbenque

24. Calais-Dunkerque

25. Calvi-Sainte-Catherine

26. Cannes-Mandelieu

27. Carcassonne-Salvaza

28. Castres-Mazamet

29. Châlons-Vatry

30. Chambéry-Aix les Bains

31. Charleville-Mézières

32. Châteauroux-Déols

33. Cherbourg-Mauperthus

34. Clermont-Ferrand-Aulnat

35. Colmar-Houssen

36. Courchevel

37. Deauville-Saint-Gatien

38. Dieppe-Saint-Aubin

39. Dijon-Longvic

40. Dinard-Pleurtuit

41. Dôle-Tavaux

42. Epinal-Mirecourt

43. Figari-Sud Corse

44. Cap-Tallard

45. Genève-Cointrin

46. Granville

47. Grenoble-Saint Geoirs

48. Hyères-Le-Palivestre

49. Issy-les-Moulineaux

50. La Môle

51. Lannion

52. La Rochelle-Laleu

53. Laval-Entrammes

54. Le Castelet

55. Le Havre-Octeville

56. Le Mans-Arnage

57. Le Touquet-Paris Plage

58. Lille-Lesquin

59. Limoges-Bellegarde

60. Lognes-Emerainville

61. Lorient-Lann Bihoué

62. Lyon-Bron

63. Lyon-Saint-Exupéry

64. Marseille-Provence

65. Meaux-Esbly

66. Megève

67. Metz-Nancy-Lorraine

68. Monaco-Héliport

69. Montbéliard-Courcelles

70. Montpellier-Fréjorgues

71. Morlaix-Ploujean

72. Nancy-Essey

73. Nantes-Atlantique

74. Nevers-Fourchambault

75. Nice-Côte d'Azur

76. Nîmes-Garons

77. Orléans-Bricy

78. Orléans-Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel

79. Paris-Charles de Gaulle

80. Paris-le Bourget

81. Paris-Orly

82. Pau-Pyrénées

83. Périgueux-Bassilac

84. Perpignan-Rivesaltes

85. Poitiers-Biard

86. Pontarlier

87. Pontoise-Cormeilles-en-Vexin

88. Quimper-Pluguffan

89. Reims-Champagne

90. Rennes Saint-Jacques

91. Roanne-Renaison

92. Rodez-Marcillac

93. Rouen-Vallée de Seine

94. Saint-Brieuc-Armor

95. Saint-Etienne-Bouthéon

96. Saint-Nazaire-Montoir

97. Saint-Yan

98. Strasbourg-Entzheim

99. Tarbes-Ossun-Lourdes

100. Toulouse-Blagnac

101. Tours-Saint-Symphorien

102. Toussus-le-Noble

103. Troyes-Barberey

104. Valence-Chabeuil

105. Valenciennes-Denain

106. Vannes-Meucon

107. Vesoul-Frotey

108. Vichy-Charmeil

1. Agde

2. Ajaccio

3. Anglet

4. Arcachon

5. Bastia

6. Bayonne

7. Beaulieu-sur-Mer

8. Biarritz

9. Bonifacio

10. Bordeaux

11. Boulogne

12. Brest

13. Caen-Ouistreham

14. Calais

15. Calvi

16. Camaret

17. Cannes-Vieux Port

18. Cap-d'Agde

19. Carry-le-Rouet

20. Carteret

21. Cassis

22. Cherbourg

23. Ciboure

24. Concarneau

25. Dieppe

26. Dunkerque

27. Fécamp

28. Golfe-Juan

29. Granville

30. Groix

31. Gruissan

32. Hendaye

33. Honfleur

34. La Rochelle-La Pallice

35. La Turballe

36. Le Croisic

37. Le Guilvinec

38. Le Havre

39. Le Palais

40. Les Sables-d'Olonne-Port

41. Le Touquet-Etaples

42. Le Tréport

43. Leucate

44. L'Ile-Rousse

45. Lorient

46. Macinaggio

47. Mandelieu-la Napoule

48. Marseille

49. Monaco-Port de la Condamine

50. Morlaix

51. Nantes-Saint-Nazaire

52. Nice

53. Noirmoutier

54. Paimpol

55. Pornic

56. Port-Camargue

57. Port-de-Bouc-Fos/Port-Saint-Louis

58. Port-en-Bessin

59. Port-la-Nouvelle

60. Porto-Vecchio

61. Port-Vendres

62. Propriano

63. Quimper

64. Roscoff

65. Rouen

66. Royan

67. Saint-Brieuc (maritime)

68. Saint-Cyprien

69. Saint-Florent

70. Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie

71. Saint-Malo

72. Saint-Valéry-en-Caux

73. Sète

74. Toulon

75. Valras

76. Villefranche-sur-Mer

77. Villeneuve-Loubet

1. Abbevillers road

2. Bâle-Mulhouse airport (pedestrian walkway between areas)

3. Bois-d'Amont

4. Chatel

5. Col France

6. Delle road

7. Divonne-les-Bains

8. Ferney-Voltaire

9. Ferrières-sous-Jougne

10. Genève-Cornavin station

11. Goumois

12. Hegenheim-Allschwill

13. Huningue road

14. La Cheminée road

15. La Cure

16. Les Fourgs

17. Les Verrières road

18. Leymen-Benken

19. Moëllesulaz

20. Mouthe road

21. Pfetterhouse

22. Pontarlier-station

23. Poste autoroute Saint-Julien-Bardonnex (motorway post)

24. Pougny

25. Prévessin

26. Saint-Gingolph

27. Saint-Julien-Perly

28. Saint-Louis motorway

29. Saint-Louis-Bâle-rail freight station

30. Saint-Louis-Lysbuchel

31. Vallard-Thonex

32. Vallorbe (international trains)

33. Vallorcine

34. Veigy

1. Gare de Paris-Nord (station)/London Waterloo Station/Ashford International Station

2. Gare de Lille-Europe (station)/London Waterloo Station/Ashford International Station

3. Cheriton/Coquelles

4. Gare de Fréthun (station)/London Waterloo Station/Ashford International Station

5. Gare de Chessy-Marne-la-Vallée (station)

6. Gare d'Avignon-Centre (station)

— Luxembourg

— Amsterdam Schiphol

— De Kooy

— Eindhoven

— Enschede Twente

— Groningen Eelde

— Lelystad

— Maastricht-Aachen

— Rotterdam

— Valkenburg (ZH)

— Amsterdam IJmond

— Delfzijl

— Den Helder

— Dordrecht

— Gent-Terneuzen

— Harlingen

— Hoek van Holland/Europoort

— Lauwersoog

— Moerdijk

— Rotterdam-Havens

— Scheveningen

— Vlissingen

Graz-Thalerhof

Innsbruck-Kranebitten

Klagenfurt-Wörthersee

Linz-Hörsching

Salzburg-Maxglan

Wien-Schwechat

Bad Kleinkirchheim

Dobersberg

Eferding

Feldkirchen-Ossiacher See

Ferlach

Ferlach-Glainach

Freistadt

Friesach-Hirt

Fürstenfeld

Gmunden

Goldeck Talstation

Halleg

Heliport Pongau

Hofkirchen

Hohenems-Dornbirn

Kapfenberg

Kappl

Kitzbühel

Krems-Langenlois

Kufstein-Langkampfen

Lanzen-Turnau

Leoben-Timmersdorf

Leopoldsdorf

Lienz-Nikolsdorf

Linz-Ost

Mariazell

Mauterndorf

Mayrhofen

Micheldorf

Niederöblarn

Nötsch im Gailtal

Ottenschlag

Pinkafeld

Punitz-Güssing

Reutte-Höfen

Ried-Kirchheim

St. Andrä im Lavanttal

St. Donat

St. Georgen am Ybbsfeld

St. Johann/Tirol

Scharnstein

Schärding-Suben

Seitenstetten

Spitzerberg

St. Pölten

Stockerau

Trieben

Villach

Völkermarkt

Vöslau

Waidring

Wattens

Weiz-Unterfladnitz

Wels

Wiener Neudorf

Wiener Neustadt/Ost

Wietersdorf

Wolfsberg

Zell am See

Zeltweg

Zwatzhof (Hubschrauberflugplatz)

Hainburg ( 12 )

Wien-Praterkai (12) 

Hafen Bregenz ( 13 )

Hafen Hard (13) 

Martinsbruck

Schalklhof

Spiss

Zeblas

Fimberpass

Tisis

Feldkirch-Buchs (station)

Tosters

Nofels

Nofels-Fresch

Meiningen

Bangs ( 14 )

‘Tschagguns’ ( 15 )

Koblach

Mäder

Hohenems

Lustenau-Schmitterbrücke

Feldkirch-Buchs (station)

Wiesenrain

Lustenau

St. Margarethen (station)

Höchst

Gaissau (including cycle path)

Plöckensteiner See-A. Stifter Denkmal

Plöckensteiner See

Guglwald

Schöneben

Weigetschlag

Summerau (station)

Wullowitz

Pyhrabruck

Gmünd-Bahn (rail)

Gmünd-Böhmzeil

Gmünd-Bleylebenstraße

Schlag

Neunagelberg

Grametten

Fratres

Oberthürnau

Mitterretzbach

Hardegg

Kleinhaugsdorf

Retz (station)

Laa an der Thaya

Drasenhofen

Schrattenberg

Reinthal

Hohenau (station)

Hohenau-Brücke (bridge)

Marchegg (station)

Berg

Kittsee

Kittsee-Jarovce

Nickelsdorf-Hegyeshalom (station)

Nickelsdorf-Straße (road)

Nickelsdorf-Autobahn (motorway)

Andau

Pamhagen

Pamhagen (station)

Mörbisch am See

Klingenbach

Sopron ( 16 )

Deutschkreutz

Rattersdorf

Geschriebenstein

Rechnitz

Schachendorf

Eberau

Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal

Jennersdorf (station)

Bonisdorf

Tauka

Kalch

St. Anna

Gruisla

Pölten

Goritz

Zelting

Sicheldorf

Bad Radkersburg

Mureck

Weitersfeld-Murfähre

Spielfeld-Autobahn (motorway)

Spielfeld-Straße (road)

Spielfeld (station)

Ehrenhausen

Berghausen

Sulztal

Langegg

Großwalz

Schlossberg

Arnfels

Oberhaag

St. Pongratzen

Radlpass

Soboth

Laaken

Hühnerkogel

Lavamünd

Leifling

Grablach

Bleiburg (station)

Raunjak

Petzen

Luscha

Uschowa

Steiner Alpen

Paulitschsattel

Seebergsattel

Koschuta

Loibltunnel

Loiblpass

Hochstuhl

Kahlkogel

Rosenbach (station)

Karawankentunnel

Mittagskogel

Wurzenpass

— Aveiro

— C. das Freiras

— Cascais

— Doca dos Olivais-Lisboa

— Cais da Estiva Velha-Porto

— Faro

— Figueira da Foz

— Lagos

— Leixões

— Porto de Lisboa

— Marina de Vila Moura

— Nazaré

— Olhão

— Peniche

— Portimão

— Póvoa do Varzim

— S. Martinho do Porto

— Sesimbra

— Setúbal

— Sines

— Viana do Castelo

— PF 208 — Funchal Port

— Porto Santo harbour — Island of Porto Santo

— Angra do Heroísmo/Praia da Vitória harbour — Island of Terceira

— Ponta Delgada harbour — Island of S. Miguel

— Horta quay — Island of Faial

— Lisboa Airport

— Faro Airport

— Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport—Porto

— Santa Catarina Airport—Island of Madeira

— Porto Santo Airport—Island of Porto Santo

— Civilian air terminal of Lajes—Island of Terceira

— Santa Maria Airport—Island of Santa Maria

— Ponta Delgada Airport— Island of S. Miguel

Vaalimaa

Vainikkala (rail)

Nuijamaa

Niirala

Vartius

Raja-Jooseppi

Imatra*

Kelloselkä*

Kortesalmi*

Kolmikanta*

Uukuniemi*

Valkeavaara*

Ruhovaara*

Haapavaara*

Leminaho*

Inari*

Kokkojärvi*

Kivipuro*

Rajakangas*

Karikangas*

Karttimo*

Kurvinen*

Onkamo*

Virtaniemi*

Enontekiö

Helsinki — Malmi

Helsinki — Vantaa

Ivalo

Joensuu

Jyväskylä

Kajaani

Kemi — Tornio

Kittilä

Kruunupyy

Kuopio

Kuusamo

Lappeenranta

Maarianhamina

Mikkeli

Oulu

Pori

Rovaniemi

Savonlinna

Tampere — Pirkkala

Turku

Vaasa

Varkaus

Eckerö

Hamina

Hanko

Haukipudas

Helsinki

Inkoo

Kalajoki

Kaskinen (auch für Vergnügungsschiffe)

Kemi (also for pleasure craft)

Kokkola

Kotka

Kristiinankaupunki

Lappeenranta

Loviisa

Långnäs

Maarianhamina (also for pleasure craft)

Naantali

Nuijamaa (also for pleasure craft)

Oulu

Parainen

Pietarsaari (also for pleasure craft)

Pori (also for pleasure craft)

Porvoo

Raahe

Rauma (also for pleasure craft)

Tammisaari

Tornio

Turku

Uusikaupunki (also for pleasure craft)

Vaasa

Bågaskär

Enskär

Glosholmen

Haapasaaret

Hanko (also for seaplanes)

Hiittinen

Jussarö

Kalajoki

Kokkola

Kotka (also for seaplanes)

Kummelgrund

Kökar

Maarianhamina (also for seaplanes)

Mäntyluoto

Nauvo

Orrengrund

Pirttisaari

Porkkala (also for seaplanes)

Raahe

Röyttä

Santio

Storklubb

Suomenlinna (also for seaplanes)

Susiluoto

Valassaaret

Vallgrund

Virpiniemi

Arlanda

Arvidsjaur

Borlänge

Gävle

Göteborg

Halmstad

Helsingborg

Härnösand

Jönköping

Kalmar

Karlshamn

Karlskrona

Karlstad

Kristianstad

Landskrona

Landvetter

Lidköping

Linköping

Luleå

Lysekil

Malmö

Marstrand

Mora

Norrköping

Nyköping

Nynäshamn

Oxelösund

Ronneby

Sandhamn

Simrishamn

Slite

Stockholm

Strömstad

Sundsvall

Säffle

Söderköping

Södertälje

Trelleborg

Trollhättan

Uddevalla

Umeå

Visby

Västerås

Växjö

Ystad

Örebro

Örnsköldsvik

Östersund

Akureyri

Egilsstaðir

Höfn

Keflavík

Reykjavík

Akranes

Akureyri

Bolungarvík

Fáskrúðsfjörður

Fjarðarbyggð

Grindavík

Grundarfjörður

Grundartangi

Hafnarfjörður

Húsavík

Höfn

Ísafjörður

Patreksfjörður

Raufarhöfn

Reykjanesbær

Reykjavík

Sandgerði

Sauðárkrókur

Seyðisfjörður

Siglufjörður

Skagaströnd

Vestmannaeyjar

Vopnafjörður

þorlákshöfn

þórshöfn

Gardermoen

Fagernes

Geilo

Sandefjord

Skien

Notodden

Kristiansand

Sola

Haugesund

Leirvik

Bergen indre

Ålesund

Molde

Kristiansund

Ørland

Røros

Stjørdal

Bodø

Narvik

Sortland

Bardufoss

Tromsø

Alta

Lakselv

Kirkenes

Oslo

Halden

Sarpsborg

Fredrikstad

Hvaler

Moss

Follo

Drammen

Hurum

Holmestrand

Horten

Tønsberg

Sandefjord

Larvik

Skien

Porsgrunn

Kragerø

Arendal

Grimstad

Risør

Kristiansand

Farsund

Flekkefjord

Mandal

Egersund

Gjesdal

Hå

Sandnes

Sokndal

Rana

Sola

Stavanger

Haugesund

Tysvær

Odda

Lindås

Askøy

Sotra

Leirvik

Bergen indre

Høyanger

Årdalstangen

Florø

Måløy

Ålesund

Molde

Kristiansund

Ørland

Hummelvik

Orkanger

Trondheim

Steinkjer

Stjørdal

Namsos

Mosjøen

Bodø

Narvik

Sortland

Svolvær

Gryllefjord

Harstad

Balsfjord

Finnsnes

Karlsøy

Lyngen

Skjervøy

Tromsø

Hammerfest

Havøysund

Honningsvåg

Alta

Båtsfjord

Vardø

Kjøllefjord

Vadsø

Kirkenes

(a) Travel documents issued in accordance with international rules applied by countries or regional and local bodies recognised by all Member States.

(b) Passports or travel documents which, although issued by countries or international bodies not recognised by all Member States, guarantee the alien's return, provided that the Executive Committee recognises these as valid documents on which to affix a common visa (alternatively affixed on a separate sheet). The unanimous approval of the Executive Committee shall be required for:

The possible compilation of these lists, which shall only apply to the requirements for implementing the Schengen Convention, shall not prejudice Member States' recognition of countries or regional and local entities that are not recognised.

(c) Travel documents for refugees, issued in accordance with the Convention of 1951 on the Status of Refugees.

(d) Travel documents for Stateless persons issued in accordance with Convention of 1954 on the Status of Stateless Persons ( 17 ).

I. Common list of third countries the nationals of which are subject to the visa requirement imposed by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 ( 18 ), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/2001 ( 19 ).

II. Common list of third countries the nationals of which are ecempt from the visa requirement imposed by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 (19) , as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/2001 (19) .

III. Regulations governing the movement of holders of diplomatic, official duty and service passports, and holders of laissez-passers which certain International Intergovernmental Organisations issue to their officials.

AFGHANISTAN

ALBANIA

ALGERIA

ANGOLA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ARMENIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHAMAS

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS

BELIZE

BENIN

BHUTAN

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

BURMA/MYANMAR

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CAPE VERDE

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHINA

COLOMBIA

CONGO

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

CUBA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

EGYPT

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA — MONTENEGRO)

FIJI

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

GABON

GAMBIA

GEORGIA

GHANA

GRENADA

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA

HAITI

INDIA

INDONESIA

IRAN

IRAQ

JAMAICA

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KENYA

KIRIBATI

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTAN

LAOS

LEBANON

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

LIBYA

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

MALDIVES

MALI

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MAURITANIA

MAURITIUS

MICRONESIA

MOLDOVA

MONGOLIA

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

NAURU

NEPAL

NIGER

NIGERIA

NORTH KOREA

NORTHERN MARIANAS

OMAN

PAKISTAN

PALAU

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PERU

PHILIPPINES

QATAR

RUSSIA

RWANDA

SAINT KITS AND NEVIS

SAINT LUCIA

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

SAUDI ARABIA

SENEGAL

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SOMALIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SRI LANKA

SUDAN

SURINAM

SWAZILAND

SYRIA

TAJIKISTAN

TANZANIA

THAILAND

THE COMOROS

TOGO

TONGA

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TUNISIA

TURKEY

TURKMENISTAN

TUVALU

UGANDA

UKRAINE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UZBEKISTAN

VANUATU

VIETNAM

WESTERN SAMOA

YEMEN

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

EAST TIMOR

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

TAIWAN

ANDORRA

ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

BRUNEI

BULGARIA

CANADA

CHILE

COSTA RICA

CROATIA

CYPRUS

CZECH REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

ESTONIA

GUATEMALA

HOLY SEE

HONDURAS

HUNGARY

ISRAEL

JAPAN

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALAYSIA

MALTA

MEXICO

MONACO

NEW ZEALAND

NICARAGUA

PANAMA

PARAGUAY

POLAND

ROMANIA

SALVADOR

SAN MARINO

SINGAPORE

SLOVAKIA

SLOVENIA

SOUTH KOREA

SWITZERLAND

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

HONG KONG S.A.R. ( 20 )

MACAO S.A.R. ( 21 )

1. Movements of holders of diplomatic, official duty, and service passports are not governed by the common list of visa requirements. The Contracting States undertake, however, to keep their partners informed in advance of any changes that they intend to make to the regulations governing the movements of holders of the abovementioned passports and to take into account the interests of their partners.

2. Given the aim of increased flexibility in the run-up to harmonisation of the rules applied to holders of the abovementioned passports, a schedule of countries whose nationals are not subject to a visa requirement when they hold the abovementioned passports, although this visa requirement applies to ordinary passport holders of the same nationality, is annexed to this Manual, for information purposes. The reverse situation shall also be compiled in a schedule, should this be necessary. The Executive Committee shall assume responsibility for updating these lists.

3. The regulations governing movements mentioned in this document shall not apply to holders of ordinary passports carrying out public affairs nor holders of service, official or special passports, etc. where issue by third countries is not in line with the international practice applied by the Schengen States. Accordingly, the Executive Committee, acting on a proposal from a Group of Experts, could draw up a list of passports other than ordinary passports, to holders of which the Schengen States do not plan to accord preferential treatment.

4. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 18 of the Schengen Convention, persons to whom a visa is issued so that they may reach the territory of the Schengen State for the purposes of their accreditation may, at least, pass through the other States on their way to the State which issued the visa.

5. Persons who have already been accredited by a diplomatic or consular representation and members of their families who hold an identity card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may cross the external border of the Schengen area on production of the said identity card, and, where necessary, the travel document.

6. In general, the holders of diplomatic, official or service passports, even though they remain subject to a visa requirement, when this requirement exists, do not have to prove that they have sufficient means of subsistence at their disposal. However, if they are travelling in a personal capacity, they may, where necessary, be asked to produce the same supporting documents as are required from ordinary passport holders applying for visas.

7. A note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or from a diplomatic mission (if the visa application is lodged in a third country) should accompany each application for a visa for a diplomatic, official duty or official passport when the applicant is on mission. Where the journey is for private purposes, a note verbale may also be required.

8.1. The arrangement for prior consultation with the central authorities of the other Contracting States shall apply to applications for visas made by holders of diplomatic, official and service passports. Prior consultation shall not involve any State which has concluded an agreement removing the visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and/or service passports with the country whose nationals are concerned by the consultation (in the cases contained in Annex 14b to this Manual).

Should one of the Contracting States raise objections, the Schengen State which is to decide on the application for a visa can issue a visa of limited territorial validity.

8.2. The Schengen States undertake not to conclude at a future date, without prior agreement with the other Member States, agreements in the area of removing visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, official or service passports with States whose nationals are subject to prior consultation for a visa to be issued by another Schengen State.

8.3. If it involves a visa being issued for accrediting a foreigner who is listed as not to be granted entry and the arrangement for prior consultation applies, the consultation should be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 25 of the Schengen Convention.

9. If a Contracting State invokes the exceptions provided for under Article 5(2) of the Schengen Convention, entry to holders of diplomatic, official or service passports will also be limited to the national territory of the State in question, which should inform the other Member States.