Legal provisions of COM(2016)434 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals

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Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 is replaced by the images and text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Residence permits conforming to the specifications set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002, which are applicable until the date referred to in the second paragraph of Article 3 of this Regulation, may be issued until six months after that date.

Article 3

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

Member States shall apply this Regulation at the latest 15 months after the adoption of the additional technical specifications referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002.

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