Article 4 · Regulation (EU) 2023/2667

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Article 4Amendment to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement#

Article 18 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement is amended as follows:

(1)paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:‘1.Visas for stays exceeding 90 days (long-stay visas) shall be national visas issued by one of the Member States in accordance with its national law or with Union law. Such visas shall be issued in digital format in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95^note, with the type of visa being indicated with the letter “D”.Long-stay visas issued in digital format shall be filled out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Commission implementing act setting out the rules for filling in the data fields of the visa, adopted in accordance with Article 27(1) of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note.

(2)the following paragraph is inserted:‘1a.Long-stay visas issued in digital format shall be communicated to applicants by electronic means by the competent authorities of the issuing Member State.’.