Legal provisions of COM(2016)279 - Amendment of the regulation listing third countries whose nationals require visa and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Turkey)

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dossier COM(2016)279 - Amendment of the regulation listing third countries whose nationals require visa and those whose nationals are exempt from ...
document COM(2016)279 EN
date May  4, 2016

Contents

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 is amended as follows:

(a)in Annex I, Part 1 ("STATES"), the reference to Turkey is deleted.

(b)in Annex II, Part 1 ("STATES"), the following reference is inserted:

"Turkey"*

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* The exemption from the visa requirement applies only to holders of biometric passports issued in line with Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 of 13 December 2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States, OJ L 385, 29.12.2004, p. 1. Exceptionally the exemption shall also apply to holders of biometric passports that include the passport holders' fingerprints, issued in line with standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), and provided that such passports were issued between 1 June 2016 and 31 December 2016. This exception shall expire on 31 December 2017.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.