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16.12.2002 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 313/97 COMMON MANUAL (2002/C 313/02) INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Common Manual, as adopted by the Executive Commitee stablished by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 (listed under reference SCH/Com-ex (99) 13 in annex A to Council Decision 1999/435/EC OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 1), has since been amended on several occasions pursuant to the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 790/2001 of 24 April 2001 (OJ L 116, 26.4.2001, p. 5). The Common Manual, as amended to date, is published here following the adoption of two Council Decisions declassifying the text of the Common Manual itself and all but three of its Annexes (see Council Decision 2000/751/EC (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 29) and Council Decision 2002/535/EC (OJ L 123, 9.5.2002, p. 49)). C 313/98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16.12.2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PART I: CONDITIONS FOR ENTERING THE TERRITORY OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES 1. Crossing external borders .......................................................... 100 1.1. Consequences of authorisation to enter ............................................... 100 1.2. Crossing the border at authorised border crossing points .................................. 100 1.3. Crossing the border at places other than authorised border crossing points ..................... 100 2. Documents recognised as valid for the crossing of external borders ........................... 100 3. Visas required of aliens entering the territory of the Contracting Parties ........................ 101 3.1. Uniform visas for stays not exceeding three months, including transit visas ..................... 102 3.2. Visas with limited territorial validity .................................................. 102 3.3. Visas for a stay of over three months ................................................. 102 4. Other conditions for entry ......................................................... 102 4.1. Documentary evidence or information establishing the likelihood of the reason given for entry ...... 102 4.2. Conditions relating to security ...................................................... 103 PART II: BORDER CHECKS 1. Principles governing checks ........................................................ 104 1.1. Officers authorised to carry out checks and surveillance ................................... 104 1.2. Purpose of checks ............................................................... 105 1.3. Procedures for checks ............................................................ 105 1.4. Procedures for refusing entry ....................................................... 106 2. Practical procedures for checks ..................................................... 107 2.1. Affixing stamps ................................................................. 107 2.2. Surveillance of external borders at places other than crossing points and outside office opening hours . 107 2.3. The following information must be entered in a register ................................... 108 3. Special rules on the various means of transport used for crossing external borders ................ 108 3.1. Checks on road traffic ............................................................ 108 3.2. Checks on rail traffic ............................................................. 108 3.3. Checks on international civil air traffic ................................................ 109 3.4. Checks on maritime traffic ......................................................... 111 3.5. Checks on inland waterways shipping ................................................ 113 4. Cooperation ................................................................... 113 4.1. Exchange of information .......................................................... 113 4.2. Liaison officers ................................................................. 113 5. Issuing visas at the border ......................................................... 114 6. Special arrangements ............................................................. 114 6.1. Nationals of the Member States of the European Community and members of their families from third countries ...................................................................... 114 6.2. Aliens holding a residence permit issued by another Contracting Party ........................ 115 6.3. Statutory refugees and stateless persons ............................................... 115 6.4. Pilots of aircraft and other crew members ............................................. 115 6.5. Seamen ....................................................................... 115 6.6. Holders of diplomatic, official or service passports ....................................... 116 6.7. Cross-border workers ............................................................. 116 6.8. Minors ....................................................................... 116 6.9. Group trips .................................................................... 116 6.10. Aliens who submit an application for asylum at the border ................................. 116 6.11. Members of international organisations ............................................... 117 16.12.2002 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 313/99 ANNEXES TO THE COMMON MANUAL Page 1. Authorised border crossing points ................................................... 118 2. Penalties for unauthorised crossing of borders (1) ........................................ 151 3. Bilateral agreements on local border traffic (1) ........................................... 151 4. Criteria for determining whether a travel document may bear a visa .......................... 151 5. I. Common list of third countries the nationals of which are subject to the vise requirement imposed by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/2001 . ........... 152 II. Common list of third countries the nationals of which exempt from the visa requirement imposed by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/2001 152 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 ............................................................... 152 5a. Common list of third countries whose nationals are subject to an airport transit visa requirement, where holders of travel documents issued by these third countries are also subject to this visa requirement . 159 6. Uniform format for visa stickers and information on their technical specifications and security features 163 6a. How to fill in visa stickers ......................................................... 169 6b. Entries which the Contracting Parties shall write, where necessary, in the remarks section .......... 190 6c. Instructions on writing entries in the section to be electronically scanned ...................... 190 7. Specimen visa stickers ............................................................ 191 8. Specimen visas with limited territorial validity . ....................................... 199 8a. 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 validity of uniform visas and when issuing national residence permits ....................................... 203 9. Specimen long-stay visa ........................................................... 206 10. Reference amounts required for crossing borders fixed annually by the national authorities . ...... 207 11. List of documents giving entitlement to entry without a visa ................................ 212 12. Specimen separate sheets .......................................................... 230 13. Specimen cards issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .................................. 244 14. Issue of uniform visas at borders .................................................... 333 14a. Fees, in euro, to be charged when issuing uniform visas ................................... 334 14b. List of visa applications requiring prior consultation with the central authorities, in accordance with Article 17(2) ................................................................... 335 (1) Annexes 2 and 3 have been deleted by Council Decision 2002/352/EC (OJ L 123, 9.5.2002, p. 47). Applicable since 1 June 2002. C 313/100 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16.12.2002 The entry into force of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement entails the abolition of checks at internal borders and moving them to external borders. As a result, the checks carried out at the external borders of the area covered by the Convention, benefit not only the States at whose external borders they are carried out but also all the Contracting Parties, whose interests must be taken into account by the officials carrying out such checks. PART I: CONDITIONS FOR ENTERING THE TERRITORY OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES 1. Crossing external borders persons in respect of whom provision is made for the appropriate permits under bilateral agreements on local border traffic, known in Article 3 of the Implementing Convention Italy as local border traffic or excursion traffic (1). 1. External borders may in principle only be crossed at border crossing points and during the seamen who go ashore in accordance with point fixed