Article 4 · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/102

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Article 4Generation of self-revocation form#

1.Following confirmation by the ETIAS National Unit pursuant to Article 3(3), a form for self-revocation based on Annex IV, shall be generated automatically by means of the software referred to in Article 6(2)(m) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240.

2.The generated form shall be added to the application file and transmitted to the applicant in PDF format via the email service referred to in point (f) in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240. The email message shall include:

(a)a reminder of the 5-year data retention period applicable to revoked travel authorisations;

(b)a reminder that, where the self-revocation is finalised when the applicant is present on the territory of a Member State, it shall become effective once the applicant has exited the territory and from the moment the corresponding entry/exit record has been created in the EES, in accordance with Article 41(8) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1240.

3.Where, pursuant to Article 2(3), the applicant has entered a different email address from that used for the application, the form shall be sent to both the former and the new email address.