COUNCIL OF Brussels, 30 June 2005 THE EUROPEAN UNION

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VISA 153 COMIX 421

NOTE from: Finnish delegation to: Visa Working Party Subject: Amendment of Annex 18 to the Common Consular Instructions (CCI): table of representation for issuing uniform visas (doc. 11272/2/04 VISA 137 COMIX 465 REV 2)

The Finnish delegation wishes to inform delegations that for the purpose of issuing visas, Portugal has been representing Finland in Bissau (Guinea-Bissau) and Dili (Timor-Leste) since 4 April 2005.

Italy has been representing Finland in Jerevan (Armenia) as of 21 April 2005.

In view of the upcoming 10th World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, which are taking place between 6 and 14 August 2005, the following Member States will be representing Finland on a temporary basis between 1 June and 15 August 2005:

· Portugal: in São Tomé (São Tomé and Principe). · Italy: in Bagdad (Iraq). · Germany: in Askhabad (Turkmenistan), Chisinau (Moldova), Kingston (Jamaica), Minsk (Belarus) and Ulan Bator (Mongolia). · Spain: in Libreville (Gabon), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) and Port-au-Prince (Haiti).

10533/1/05 REV 1 GK/lm 1 DG H I EN · France: in Antananarivo (Madagascar), Lomé (Togo), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Port Louis (Mauritius), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Port Vila (Vanuatu), Suva (Fiji), Victoria (Seychelles), Yaoundé (Cameroon), Bamako (Mali), Bangui (Central African Republic), Castries (Saint Lucia), Conakry (Guinea), Djibouti (Djibouti), Moroni (Comoros), N'Djamena (Chad), Niamey (Niger), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Praia (Cape Verde), Rangoon (Myanmar) and Vientiane (Laos). · Norway: in Harare (Zimbabwe), Lilongwe (Malawi), Luanda (Angola) and Skopje (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). · Belgium: in Bujumbura (Burundi), Cotonou (Benin) and Kigali (Rwanda).

Therefore, the following amendments should be made to the above-mentioned document:

- the letters "PT" should be inserted for Guinea-Bissau (Bissau), Timor-Leste (Dili) and Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome) in the column "FI". - the letters "IT" should be inserted for Armenia (Jerevan) and Iraq (Baghdad) in the column "FI". - the letters "DE" should be inserted for Turkmenistan (Askhabad), Moldova (Chisinau), Jamaica (Kingston), Belarus (Minsk) and Mongolia (Ulan Bator) in the column "FI". - the letters "ES" should be inserted for Gabon (Libreville), Equatorial Guinea (Malabo) and Haiti Port-au-Prince) in the column "FI". - the letters "FR" should be inserted for Madagascar (Antanarivo), Togo (Lomé), Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Mauritius (Port Louis), Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby), Vanuatu (Port Vila), Fiji (Suva), Seychelles (Victoria), Cameroon (Yaoundé), Mali (Bamako), Central African Republic (Bangui), Saint Lucia (Castries), Guinea (Conakry), Djibouti (Djibouti), Comoros (Moroni), Chad (N'Djamena), Niger (Niamey), Mauritania (Nouakchott), Cape Verde (Praia), Myanmar (Rangoon) and Laos (Vientiane) in the column "FI". - the letters "NO" should be inserted for Zimbabwe (Harare), Malawi (Lilongwe), Angola (Luanda) and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Skopje) in the column "FI". - the letters "BE" should be inserted for Burundi (Bujumbura), Benin (Cotonou) and Rwanda (Kigali) in the column "FI".

Please note that the temporary representations can be removed from the table of representation for the issuing of uniform visas after 15 August 2005. Also it should be noted that the temporary agreements will apply only to official team members participating in the championships.

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