Article 6, Paragraph 2. · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1409

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2.From the start of operations of the Visa Information System:

(a)where the passenger is exempt from the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 in accordance with Article 2 of that Regulation, except for holders of a residence permit pursuant to Article 2(3), point (c), and holders of long-stay visas pursuant to Article 2(3), point (e), of that Regulation, the reply shall be ‘Not applicable’;

(b)in the case of airport transit, where the passenger is not required to hold an airport transit visa pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, the reply shall be ‘Not applicable’;

(c)in all other cases, where the passenger is a holder of a short-stay visa, a long-stay visa, a residence permit or an airport transit visa, the reply shall be ‘OK’ or ‘Not OK’.

Where a verification query returns a ‘Not OK’ reply, the carrier interface shall specify that the reply is coming from the Entry/Exit System or the Visa Information System.