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- Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 810/2009 of 13 July 2009 Establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (with Amendments and Additions)
- TITLE III PROCEDURES AND CONDITIONS FOR ISSUING VISAS
- CHAPTER VI Visas issued at the external borders
- Article 36 Visas issued to seafarers in transit at the external border
Article 36 Visas issued to seafarers in transit at the external border
Article 36
Visas issued to seafarers in transit at the external border
1. A seafarer who is required to be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States may be issued with a visa for the purpose of transit at the border where:
(a) he fulfils the conditions set out in Article 35(1); and
(b) he is crossing the border in question in order to embark on, re-embark on or disembark from a ship on which he will work or has worked as a seafarer.
2. Before issuing a visa at the border to a seafarer in transit, the competent national authorities shall comply with the rules set out in Annex IX, Part 1, and make sure that the necessary information concerning the seafarer in question has been exchanged by means of a duly completed form for seafarers in transit, as set out in Annex IX, Part 2.
3. This Article shall apply without prejudice to Article 35(3), (4) and (5).