Article 5 · Regulation (EU) 2023/2667

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Article 5Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 693/2003#

Regulation (EC) No 693/2003 is amended as follows:

(1)in Article 2, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:‘3.The FTD/FRTD shall be issued in digital format in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 694/2003.’;

(2)Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 1, the first sentence is replaced by the following:‘The application for an FTD shall be submitted to the consular authorities of a Member State which has communicated its decision to issue the FTD/FRTD in accordance with Article 12.’;

(b)the following paragraph is added:‘5.The application for an FTD/FRTD shall be carried out using an online application tool. The online application tool shall contain the data referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4.’;

(3)in Article 6, paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 are replaced by the following:‘2.No FTD/FRTD shall be issued for a travel document that has expired.3.The period of validity of the travel document for which the FTD/FRTD is issued shall be longer than that of the FTD/FRTD.4.No FTD/FRTD shall be issued for a travel document if that travel document is not valid for any of the Member States. If a travel document is only valid for one Member State or for a number of Member States, the FTD/FRTD shall be limited to the Member State or Member States in question.’.