Article 7

1. Local border traffic permits shall be issued to border residents of the State of one Party to visit the border area of the State of the other Party on condition that they:

a) are in possession of a valid travel document;

b) provide documents to confirm their lawful residency in the border area for at least the 3 previous years;

c) justify the existence of legitimate reasons for regular crossing of the Russian-Norwegian land border under the local border traffic regime, for example for social, cultural, economic or family reasons;

d) are not persons who are considered to be a threat to national security, public order or public health.

2. Local border traffic permits shall not be issued to border residents of the Russian Federation for whom an alert has been issued in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purposes of refusing them entry, nor to persons who are considered to be a threat to national security, public order, public health or the international relations of the Kingdom of Norway, and in particular for whom an alert has been issued in the Kingdom of Norway's national databases for the purposes of refusing entry on the above grounds.

3. Local border traffic permits shall not be issued to border residents of the Kingdom of Norway for whom the entry to the territory of the Russian Federation is not permitted according to the legislation of the Russian Federation, in particular with regard to national security, public order or public health.

4. The requirement of subparagraph 1 (b) of this Article concerning the duration of residency shall not be applied to border residents' spouses, underage or incapable adult children who are the border residents' dependents and reside with them.

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