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)
- Recitals
TITLE I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II — AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA
TITLE III — PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS FOR ISSUING VISAS
CHAPTER I — Authorities taking part in the procedures relating to applications
- Article 4 — Authorities competent for taking part in the procedures relating to applications
- Article 5 — Member State competent for examining and deciding on an application
- Article 6 — Consular territorial competence
- Article 7 — Competence to issue visas to third-country nationals legally present within the territory of a Member State
- Article 8 — Representation arrangements
CHAPTER II — Application
- Article 9 — Practical modalities for lodging an application
- Article 10 — General rules for lodging an application
- Article 11 — Application form
- Article 12 — Travel document
- Article 13 — Biometric identifiers
- Article 14 — Supporting documents
- Article 15 — Travel medical insurance
- Article 16 — Visa fee
- Article 17 — Service fee
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
- Article 21 — Verification of entry conditions and risk assessment
- Article 22 — Prior consultation of central authorities of other Member States
- Article 23 — Decision on the application
CHAPTER IV — Issuing of the visa
- Article 24 — Issuing of a uniform visa
- Article 25 — Issuing of a visa with limited territorial validity
- Article 25a — Cooperation on readmission
- Article 26 — Issuing of an airport transit visa
- Article 27 — Filling in the visa sticker
- Article 28 — Invalidation of a completed visa sticker
- Article 29 — Affixing a visa sticker
- Article 30 — Rights derived from an issued visa
- Article 31 — Information of central authorities of other Member States
- Article 32 — Refusal of a visa
CHAPTER V — Modification of an issued visa
CHAPTER VI — Visas issued at the external borders
TITLE IV — ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION
- Article 37 — Organisation of visa sections
- Article 38 — Resources for examining applications and monitoring visa procedures
- Article 39 — Conduct of staff
- Article 40 — Consular organisation and cooperation
- Article 42 — Recourse to honorary consuls
- Article 43 — Cooperation with external service providers
- Article 44 — Encryption and secure transfer of data
- Article 45 — Member States’ cooperation with commercial intermediaries
- Article 46 — Compilation of statistics
- Article 47 — Information to the general public
TITLE V — LOCAL SCHENGEN COOPERATION
TITLE VI — FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 49 — Arrangements in relation to the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
- Article 51 — Instructions on the practical application of this Regulation
- Article 51a — Exercise of the delegation
- Article 52 — Committee procedure
- Article 53 — Notification
- Article 54 — Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
- Article 56 — Repeals
- Article 57 — Monitoring and evaluation
- Article 58 — Entry into force
- Final
- ANNEX I — Harmonised application form
- ANNEX II — Non-exhaustive list of supporting documents
- ANNEX III — UNIFORM FORMAT AND USE OF THE STAMP INDICATING THAT A VISA APPLICATION IS ADMISSIBLE
- 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
- 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
- ANNEX VI — STANDARD FORM FOR NOTIFYING REASONS FOR REFUSAL, ANNULMENT OR REVOCATION OF A VISA
- ANNEX X — LIST OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE LEGAL INSTRUMENT IN THE CASE OF COOPERATION WITH EXTERNAL SERVICE PROVIDERS
- 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
- ANNEX XIII
- ANNEXES